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title: "Lewis's Moon Snail"
description: "Neverita lewisii — Autres animaux. Neverita lewisii (previously known as Polinices lewisii, Lunatia lewisii, Euspira lewisii), common name Lewis's moon snail, is a species of large operculated sea snail."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/fr/animal/lewis-s-moon-snail
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Lewis's Moon Snail

> Neverita lewisii — Autres animaux. Neverita lewisii (previously known as Polinices lewisii, Lunatia lewisii, Euspira lewisii), common name Lewis's moon snail, is a species of large operculated sea snail.

- Scientific name: *Neverita lewisii*
- Category: `other` (Autres animaux)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mer et côte)
- iNaturalist observations: 6884
- Wikidata: [Q13895385](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13895385)
- iNaturalist taxon: [447427](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/447427)

## Names

- en: Lewis's Moon Snail
- es: Caracol Luna de Lewis

## Countries with the most observations

US (4053), CA (2193), MX (4)

## Summary

Neverita lewisii (previously known as Polinices lewisii, Lunatia lewisii, Euspira lewisii), common name Lewis's moon snail, is a species of large operculated sea snail. It is a predatory marine gastropod in the family Naticidae, the moon snails. Traditionally, this species was assigned to either the genus Lunatia, the genus Polinices or the genus Euspira. Recently, it was assigned to the genus Neverita based on molecular data.
This is the largest species in the family.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neverita_lewisii

## Photo

![Lewis's Moon Snail](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/lewis-s-moon-snail/medium.jpg)

Photo: Randal · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/306555295

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/lewis-s-moon-snail?lang=fr` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).