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| Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Family Naticidae |
| Calf
moon snail Natica vitellus Family Naticidae updated Aug 2020 Where seen? This large moon snail is sometimes seen on our sandy Northern shores. Vitulus means calf in Latin. Features: 3-4cm. Shell thick smooth spherical (not flat), the spiral tip hardly sticks out. Shell beige, brown or orange with 1-3 darker spiralling bands of various widths, this is usually more obvious on the underside. On the underside, a small depression. Operculum white with with a dark smudge where the whorl begins, a pair of spiralling grooves on the outer margin and finely serrated inner margin. Body plain white or beige. |
 Changi, Jul 11 |
 Small depression on underside. Operculum chalky with dark smudge. Changi, Jul 11 |
 Operculum with a pair of spiralling grooves on the outer margin and finely serrated inner margin. |
| Human uses: It is collected for food and for the shell trade. In Thailand, it is commonly collected by fishing nets from depths of 2-10m. |
| Calf moon snails on Singapore shores |
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| Other sightings on Singapore shores |
 Beting Bronok, Jul 22  Photo shared by Che Cheng Neo on facebook. |
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