Naria cernica is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Cypraeidae |
| Genus: | Naria |
| Species: | N. cernica
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| Binomial name | |
| Naria cernica (G.B. Sowerby II, 1870)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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- Subspecies
- Naria cernica cernica (G. B. Sowerby II, 1870)
- Naria cernica leforti (Senders & P. Martin, 1987)
- Naria cernica viridicolor (C. N. Cate, 1962)
- Naria cernica marielae (Cate, 1960): synonym of Naria cernica cernica (G. B. Sowerby II, 1870)
- Naria cernica ogasawarensis (Schilder, 1944): synonym of Naria cernica cernica (G. B. Sowerby II, 1870)
- Naria cernica tomlini (Schilder, 1930): synonym of Naria cernica cernica (G. B. Sowerby II, 1870)
Description
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Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Chagos, Easter Island,
the Mascarene Basin and Mauritius, Western Australia.
References
edit- ^ a b Naria cernica (Sowerby, 1870). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 January 2019.
- Senders & Martin, 1987. Description d'une nouvelle sous-espèce de Cypraeidae en provenance de l'Ile de Paques. Apex 2(1): 13-17
- Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 644 pp.
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