Payraudeautia nubila

Payraudeautia nubila is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and off Puerto Rico.

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 13 mm.

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 40 m. Maximum recorded depth is 347 m.

References

• Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
• Torigoe K. & Inaba A. (2011) Revision on the classification of Recent Naticidae. Bulletin of the Nishinomiya Shell Museum 7: 133 + 15 pp., 4 pls.