Cryptonatica aleutica Aleutian Moon Snail

Cryptonatica aleutica is commonly referred to as Aleutian Moon Snail. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Karin Fletcher, USA

Cryptonatica aleutica, West of Point Glover 2025

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lexID:: 17438
AphiaID:: 576533

Scientific:: Cryptonatica aleutica
German:: Aleuten Mondschnecke
English:: Aleutian Moon Snail

Category:: Snails

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Naticidae (Family) > Cryptonatica (Genus) > aleutica (Species)
Initial determination:: Dall, 1919

Occurrence:: Aleutian Islands, British Columbia, Canada Eastern Pacific, Japan, North Pacific (Ocean), USA
Sea depth:: 0 - 552 Meter
Habitats:: Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Seawater, Sea water
Size:: 0.39" - 0.39" (1,0cm - 1,7cm)
Temperature:: 33.8 °F - 59 °F (1°C - 15°C)
Food:: Carnivore, Clams, Predatory, Snails
Difficulty:: Not suitable for aquarium keeping
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Cryptonatica affinis
Cryptonatica aleutica
Aleuten Mondschnecke
Cryptonatica bathybii
Cryptonatica hirasei
Cryptonatica huanghaiensis
Cryptonatica janthostoma
Cryptonatica janthostomoides
Cryptonatica operculata
Cryptonatica purpurfunda
Cryptonatica russa
Cryptonatica sphaera
Cryptonatica striatica

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2025-05-13 19:56:10
Last edit:: 2025-10-06 20:19:57

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Cryptonatica aleutica Dall, 1919

Naticidae, common name moon snails or necklace shells, is a family of minute to large-sized predatory sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha. The shells of the species in this family are mostly globular in shape. Moon snails live on sandy substrates.Moon snail shells are attractive and relatively large, and often popular in jewellery and ornamentation.

Type locality Cryptonatica aleutica is Unalaska, Aleutian Islands.

Synonymised names
Boreonatica aleutica (Dall, 1919) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Cryptonatica (Cryptonatica) aleutica Dall, 1919 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Natica (Cryptonatica) aleutica (Dall, 1919) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Natica (Tectonatica) aleutica (Dall, 1919) · unaccepted > superseded combination
Natica aleutica Dall, 1919 · unaccepted > superseded combination (original combination)
Tectonatica aleutica (Dall, 1919) · unaccepted > superseded combination

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Cryptonatica aleutica, West of Point Glover 2025

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