#4827 · 🐌 snails, slugs & other molluscs
Shark Eye
Neverita duplicata
🐌 Snails, slugs & other molluscs 📍 outside Europe
📍 North Atlantic Ocean, NC, US
📍 Cape Cod Bay, MA, US
📍 Camden County, GA, USA
📍 Beach House Rd, Pine Knoll Shores, NC, US
📍 Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Jon McIntyre · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © cedarfarm206 · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Susan J. Hewitt · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Smithsonian Environmental Research Center · CC BY 4.0
- 5. © Luke Miller · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. North Atlantic Ocean, NC, US:© drdean · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Cape Cod Bay, MA, US:© Amy · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 8. Camden County, GA, USA:© John Slapcinsky · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Beach House Rd, Pine Knoll Shores, NC, US:© Chase McCafferty · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States:© Claire O'Neill · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Neverita duplicata , common name the shark eye , is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 8,516 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Thomas Say in 1822 (204 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Shark Eye
- scientific name
- Neverita duplicata
- class
- Gastropoda
- order
- Littorinimorpha
- family
- Naticidae
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 8,516
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1822 by Thomas Say
relatives· Naticidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 59360, Wikidata Q3175328, GBIF 2300326, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.