Neverita josephinia Seashell Gastropoda Sea Snail Moon Snail Necklace Shell

Neverita josephinia mm 31-35 Seashell Gastropoda Sea Snail Moon Snail Necklace Shell, second choice (beached).
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Family: Naticidae.
Common name: Josephine's Moon Snail.
Syn. Natica josephinia, Natica philippiana, Neverita olla, Neverita philippiana.

The gastropod Neverita josephinia, more commonly known as Natica or in English Moon Snail, has a slightly flattened, globose and smooth shell, of a delicate pale pink, from which its common name probably derives. This species, common in the Mediterranean up to 10 meters deep, lives in calm, nutrient-rich waters on sandy bottoms. The mollusc kneads its eggs with sand and a mucus secreted by it and then lays them on the bottom, in a ring-shaped structure with a jagged edge, between March and June. Contrary to their graceful form, Naticidae are infallible and voracious predators; in fact, they are responsible for the perfect little holes that we can see on the shells of the valves that we find beached.