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Shark Eye
Distribution: Cape Ann, Massachusetts, to Florida to Texas. Size: 25 to 63 mm
Description: Grayish to light brown, older whorls darker; shape globose; sculpture smooth with fine, radial growth lines; spire slightly elevated; aperture ovate; outer lip thin; umbilicus deep, almost entirely closed by a thick callus; periphery of umbilicus without a ridge; operculum corneous, glossy.
Habitat: Shallow water of bays, estuaries, and Gulf of Mexico. On Texas coast found at depths from shoreline to about 47 m (158 ft). Found in deeper water than N. delessertiana. Depth range 0 to 58 m (190 ft).
Remarks: Active predator on other mollusks. Common on Texas coast. See Andrews (1977); Ode (1982b); Hulsken et al. (2006). Synonym: Polinices duplicata (Say, 1822).
Distribution: Cape Ann, Massachusetts, to Florida to Texas. Size: 25 to 63 mm
Description: Grayish to light brown, older whorls darker; shape globose; sculpture smooth with fine, radial growth lines; spire slightly elevated; aperture ovate; outer lip thin; umbilicus deep, almost entirely closed by a thick callus; periphery of umbilicus without a ridge; operculum corneous, glossy.
Habitat: Shallow water of bays, estuaries, and Gulf of Mexico. On Texas coast found at depths from shoreline to about 47 m (158 ft). Found in deeper water than N. delessertiana. Depth range 0 to 58 m (190 ft).
Remarks: Active predator on other mollusks. Common on Texas coast. See Andrews (1977); Ode (1982b); Hulsken et al. (2006). Synonym: Polinices duplicata (Say, 1822).
Tunnell, J.W. , Andrews, J. , Barrera, N.C. & Moretzsohn, F., 2010. Encyclopedia of Texas seashells.
Autor: Jan Delsing
Odkazy a literatura
Galli C.: WMSDB - Wolrdwide Mollusc Species Data Base July 10, 2013 [http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/WMSDhome....] [jako Neverita duplicata Say, 1822]Datum citace: 23. listopad 2013
Pfleger V. (1999): České názvy živočichů III. Měkkýši (Mollusca), Národní muzeum, (zoologické odd.), Praha, 108 pp. [jako Neverita duplicata (SAY, 1822)]Datum citace: 11. listopad 2013