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Natica brunneolinea J. H. McLean, 1970

caracol lunar de líneas pardas, Brown-lined moonsnail

Large specimen may be 46 mm in height, 42 mm in diameter.

Shallow water (less than 200 m depth).

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Mollusca

Class
Gastropoda

Order
Littorinimorpha

Superfamily
Naticoidea

Family
Naticidae

Genus
Natica

Species
brunneolinea

Taxon category: Accepted

Type locality: Galapagos; AMNH: 154687 (Paratype), 163358, USNM: 679557 (Paratype), LACM: 1282 (Holotype), 1283 (Paratype), D-51, AHF 190-34, AHF 810c-38, AHF 814-38, AHF 816-38, AHF 817-38, CDRS: 859, 860.

Origin: Endemic

Status

IUCN Red List Category: Not evaluated

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: Ecuador (Galapagos Islands)

References

  • Finet, Y. (1991) The Marine Mollusks of the Galapagos Islands. In: Galápagos Marine Invertebrate. Taxonomy, Biogeography, and Evolution in Darwin's Islands. Plenum Press. New York and London, p. 253-280.
  • Finet, Y. (2001) The marine mollusks of the Galapagos Islands: a documented faunal list. Editions du Muséum d' Histoire naturelle, Genève, 237 pp.
  • Hickman, C.P. Jr. Finet, Y. (1999) A Field Guide to the Marine Molluscs of Galápagos. Sugar Spring Press, Lexington, Virginia, 150 pp.
  • Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
  • Keen, A.M. (1958) Sea Shells of Tropical West America. Stanford University Press, Palo Alto, 1st edition, 624 pp.
  • McLean, J.H. (1970) New species of Panamic marine Gastropods. The Veliger 12: 310-315.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Natica brunneolinea", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=8664. Accessed 30 October 2026.