1892 E. R. Lankester tr. E. Haeckel (new ed.) II. xxii. 209 (table) Neomenida... Moon-snails.
1968 J. Hay v. 24 A moon snail grips its food, such as a clam, with this great foot and bores a counter-sunk hole in the shell with its radula.
1984 A. C. Duxbury & A. Duxbury xv. 484 The moon snail is a clam eater that drills a hole in the shell of its prey and then sucks out the flesh.