World Register of Deep-Sea species - Natica Scopoli, 1777

Deep-Sea taxon details

Natica Scopoli, 1777

AphiaID

138240 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138240)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Naticinae Guilding, 1834

Original name

Natica Scopoli, 1777

Direct children (22)

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Species Natica affinis (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Cryptonatica affinis (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Natica algida A. A. Gould, 1848 accepted as Cryptonatica affinis (Gmelin, 1791) (junior subjective synonym)
Species Natica amabilis Locard, 1897 accepted as Euspira subplicata (Jeffreys, 1885)
Species Natica amphiala R. B. Watson, 1881 accepted as Falsilunatia amphiala (R. B. Watson, 1881) (superseded combination)
Species Natica apora R. B. Watson, 1881 accepted as Amauropsis apora (R. B. Watson, 1881) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Natica bathybii Friele, 1879 accepted as Cryptonatica bathybii (Friele, 1879) (original combination)
Species Natica clausa Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829 accepted as Cryptonatica affinis (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Natica clausiformis (Oyama, 1969) accepted as Cryptonatica affinis (Gmelin, 1791)
Species Natica consolidata Couthouy, 1838 accepted as Cryptonatica affinis (Gmelin, 1791) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, synonym)
Species Natica dillwynii Payraudeau, 1826 accepted as Notocochlis dillwynii (Payraudeau, 1826) (original combination)
Species Natica extenta Locard, 1897 accepted as Euspira subplicata (Jeffreys, 1885)
Species Natica leptalea R. B. Watson, 1881 accepted as Polinices leptaleus (R. B. Watson, 1881) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Natica notabilis Jeffreys, 1885 accepted as Euspira notabilis (Jeffreys, 1885) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Natica obtusa Jeffreys, 1885 accepted as Euspira obtusa (Jeffreys, 1885) (original combination)
Species Natica olivella Locard, 1897 accepted as Amauropsis brassiculina (Locard, 1897) (subjective synonym)
Species Natica operculata Jeffreys, 1885 accepted as Cryptonatica operculata (Jeffreys, 1885)
Species Natica prosistens Locard, 1897 accepted as Euspira subplicata (Jeffreys, 1885)
Species Natica pusilla Say, 1822 accepted as Tectonatica pusilla (Say, 1822) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Natica russa Dall, 1874 accepted as Cryptonatica affinis (Gmelin, 1791) (unaccepted > nomen nudum, synonym)
Species Natica septentrionalis Møller, 1842 accepted as Cryptonatica affinis (Gmelin, 1791) (synonym)
Species Natica sphaeroides Jeffreys, 1877 accepted as Amauropsis sphaeroides (Jeffreys, 1877) (original combination)
Species Natica subplicata Jeffreys, 1885 accepted as Euspira subplicata (Jeffreys, 1885) (original combination)

Environment

marine, brackish

Original description

Scopoli, G.A. (1777). Introductio ad historiam naturalem, sistens genera lapidum, plantarum et animalium hactenus detecta, caracteribus essentialibus donata, in tribus divisa, subinde ad leges naturae. Pragae. Wolfgang Gerle. Pp i-x + 1-506., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10827
page(s): 392 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Natica Scopoli, 1777. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138240 on 2026-09-05

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Natica Scopoli, 1777. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138240 on 2026-09-05

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2011-10-26 03:03:25Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2011-11-09 20:50:07Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2017-09-11 13:29:47Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

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original description Scopoli, G.A. (1777). Introductio ad historiam naturalem, sistens genera lapidum, plantarum et animalium hactenus detecta, caracteribus essentialibus donata, in tribus divisa, subinde ad leges naturae. Pragae. Wolfgang Gerle. Pp i-x + 1-506., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10827
page(s): 392 [details]

additional source Torigoe K. & Inaba A. (2011). Revision on the classification of Recent Naticidae. Bulletin of the Nishinomiya Shell Museum. 7: 133 + 15 pp., 4 pls., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/ocrd/251565.pdf [details] Available for editors

subsequent type designation Anton, H. E. (1838). Verzeichniss der Conchylien welche sich in der Sammlung von Herrmann Eduard Anton befinden. Herausgegeben von dem Besitzer. Halle: Anton. xvi + 110 pp. [Title page dated 1839, but volume actually published in 1838; see Cernohorsky, 1978, The Veliger 20(3): 299]. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11967421
page(s): 31 [details]

Present

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Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

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Language	Name
Japanese	トラダマ属	[details]
Russian	Натика	[details]

To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Natica)
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