Butterfly-Wing Sand Shell

Naticarius alapapilionis

''Naticarius alapapilionis'' is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.
Butterfly Moon Snail - Naticarius alapapilionis It likes to bury itself in sand so we could only see it out for a few seconds. Fall,Geotagged,Indonesia,Naticarius alapapilionis

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off the Mascarenes.

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionMollusca
ClassGastropoda
OrderLittorinimorpha
FamilyNaticidae
GenusNaticarius
SpeciesN. alapapilionis
Photographed in
Indonesia