Notocochlis cernica

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

Notocochlis cernica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Naticoidea
Family:
Naticidae
Genus:
Notocochlis
Species:
N. cernica
Binomial name
Notocochlis cernica
(Jousseaume, 1874)
Synonyms[1]
  • Natica cernica Jousseaume, 1874 (basionym)
  • Natica jousseaumei Euthyme, 1885
  • Natica nebulosa Schepman, 1909
  • Natica ochrostigmata Rehder, 1980
  • Notocochlis sagittata hancockae Powell, 1971

Description

Distribution

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

References
  1. 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 .
  • Rehder, H. A. 1980. The marine mollusks of Easter Island (Isla de Pascua) and Sala y Gómez. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoolology 289:1-167, 15 figs., 14 pls. page(s): 64
  • 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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