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Family Naticidae
Naticarius canrena (Linnaeus, 1758)
Colorful moon snail - 38 mm


Shell globose, thin-walled. Umbilicus white, deep, filled in part by white, plug-like callus. Operculum calcareous, white. External surface of operculum with about ten strong grooves. Background color white, with alternating reddish brown and yellowish bands with transverse, wavy, dark brown bands.
 
 

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