Aperture and umbilicus surrounded by a thickened shell layer. The sections below will focus on the differences : Northern Moon Snail Euspira heros: Northern moon snails grow up to 4 - 5 inches high and almost equally as wide (almost round). Scientific Name: Polinices lacteus. Snails are well known for their lack of speed and their ability to upset gardeners. Common Name: Milk Moon Snail. Distinguishing Characteristics: Shell can be dull white, grey and brown, occasionally speckled with white or brown spots. Scientific name, euspira heros, I collected these last summer in New Brunswick. Red Foot Snail (Norrisia norrisii) is also known as Red Foot Moon Snail, Orangefoot Snail. Scientific Name: Neverita lewisii Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family: Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Neotaenioglossa, Naticidae. Common Name: Florida cerith. On the Coast: Moon snails are common along the Georgia coast but it is the empty shells that are usually seen washed up on the beaches. Interesting Facts: Moon snails drill a countersunk, circular hole in the shell of their prey and then consume the soft body with their proboscis. A moon snail using its foot as a plough Moon snails belong to the Family Naticidae. Common Name: Moon Snail . These include the Genus Natica, which have a thicker operculum that is shell-like (usually white); and the Genus Polinices, which have a thin operculum made of a horn-like material (usually yellowish) with several whorls. Maximum size 1 inch. Scientific Name: Cerithium atratum. This morning I thought I'd play around with lenses and lighting to capture the intriguing qualities of these lovely shells. Common name : Moon Snail Scientific Name : Polinices lewisii Location Found : Sunrise Beach, South Puget Sound Actual Size : 6 inches Camera Used : Sea & Sea MMII EX w/1->2 macro lens, ISO 100 film, 35mm Natural History : 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. Whorls covered with beaded ornamentation and fine threading. The Naked moon snails of … They live just below the surface of the sand, 10 cm or deeper. Maximum size around 1.5 inches. Siphonal canal visible and obvious. Moon snails are univalve gastropods in the family Naticidae which is composed of predatory marine snails and mollusks with globular shells that have a half moon shaped shell opening (aperture). 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