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

Cryptonatica affinis (Gmelin, 1791)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Cryptonatica*	Dall, 1892	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Cryptonatica clausa*		synonym
*Cryptonatica salimba*	Dall, 1919	synonym
*Cryptonatica septentrionalis*		synonym
*Euspira acosmita*	Dall, 1919	synonym
*Natica affinis*	(Gmelin, 1791)	synonym
*Natica affinis var. vittata*	Jeffreys, 1877	synonym
*Natica algida*	Gould, 1848	synonym
*Natica clausa*	Broderip & G. B. Sowerby I, 1829	synonym
*Natica clausa var. depressior*	Middendorff, 1851	synonym
*Natica clausa var. elatior*	Middendorff, 1849	synonym
*Natica clausa var. minor*	Philippi, 1852	synonym
*Natica clausa var. normalis*	Middendorff, 1849	synonym
*Natica consolidata*	Couthouy, 1838	synonym
*Natica russa*	Dall, 1874	synonym
*Natica septentrionalis*	Møller, 1842	synonym
*Nerita affinis*	Gmelin, 1791	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: Arctic moonsnail; Artic moonsnail sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

French: natice close

Literature

basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213
additional source	Rosenberg, G. 2004. Malacolog Version 3.3.2: Western Atlantic gastropod database. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA.
additional source	Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].
additional source	Check List of European Marine Mollusca (CLEMAM)
additional source	Brunel, P., Bosse, L. & Lamarche, G. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p.
additional source	Gulbin V.V. & Chaban E.M. (2012) Annotated list of shell-bearing gastropods of Commander Islands. Part I. The Bulletin of the Russian Far East Malacological Society 15-16: 5–30.

Genbank

Taxonomy

CLEMAM
WoRMS

External Links

Barcode of Life
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection
Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
GBIF

Citation

Gofas, S. (2014). Cryptonatica affinis (Gmelin, 1791). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140525