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Cryptonatica andoi, Violet-mouthed moon(s)

Cryptonatica andoi (Nomura, 1935)

Invalid synonym: Cryptonatica janthostomoides, Natica janthostomoides, Tectonatica janthostomoides, Natica severa

• Modern species
• Habitat: Marine

• Classification
• kingdom Animalia, phylum Mollusca, class Gastropoda, order Littorinimorpha, family Naticidae, genus Cryptonatica

• Distribution
• Miocene: Nagano, Hiroshima, Kagawa
• Miocene-Pliocene: Fukushima, Nagano
• Pliocene: Aomori, Niigata, Kanagawa
• Pliocene-Pleistocene: Ishikawa
• Pleistocene: Aomori, Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Ibaraki, Tokyo, Chiba, Kanagawa, Aichi
• Investigation in progress: Miyagi