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Notocochlis cernica

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Notocochlis cernica
Shell of Notocochlis cernica (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Naticidae
Genus: Notocochlis
Species:
N. cernica
Binomial name
Notocochlis cernica
(Jousseaume, 1874)
Synonyms[1]
  • Natica (Natica) cernica Jousseaume, 1874
  • Natica cernica Jousseaume, 1874 (basionym)
  • Natica jousseaumei Euthyme, 1885
  • Natica nebulosa Schepman, 1909
  • Natica ochrostigmata Rehder, 1980
  • Notocochlis sagittata hancockae Powell, 1971

Notocochlis cernica is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.[1]

Description

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The length of the shell attains 15.7 mm.

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Mauritius in the Mascarene Basin.

References

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  1. ^ a b Notocochlis cernica (Jousseaume, 1874). WoRMS (2009). Notocochlis cernica (Jousseaume, 1874). Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=570163 on 26 August 2011 .
  • Powell, A. W. B. (1971). "New Zealand Molluscan Systematics with Descriptions of New Species: Part 7". Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum. 8: 209–228. ISSN 0067-0464. JSTOR 42906169. Wikidata Q58676898.
  • Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
  • Hollman M. (2008) Naticidae. In Poppe G.T. (ed.) Philippine marine mollusks, vol. 1: 482-501, pls 186-195. Hackenheim: Conchbooks.
  • Torigoe K. & Inaba A. (2011) Revision on the classification of Recent Naticidae. Bulletin of the Nishinomiya Shell Museum 7: 133 + 15 pp., 4 pls
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