Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Orthogastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order Littorinimorpha > Superfamily Naticoidea > Family Naticidae > Subfamily Naticinae

Natica Scopoli, 1777

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Nacca*	Risso, 1826	synonym
*Natica (Nacca)*	Risso, 1826	synonym

Children

Natica adansoni Blainville, 1825
Natica canariensis Odhner, 1932
Natica fulminea (Gmelin, 1791)
Natica furva R. B. Watson, 1897
Natica livida L. Pfeiffer, 1840
Natica multipunctata Blainville, 1825
Natica turtoni E. A. Smith, 1890

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: トラダマ属 sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.

Russian: Натика

Literature

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.
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.
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].

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Natica Scopoli, 1777. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138240