Notocypraea is a genus of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]
| Notocypraea | |
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| A dorsal view of the shell of Notocypraea angustata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Cypraeoidea |
| Family: | Cypraeidae |
| Genus: | Notocypraea Schilder, 1927 |
| Type species | |
| Cypraea piperita Gray, 1825 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Species
edit- Notocypraea angustata (Gmelin, 1791)
- Notocypraea comptoni (Gray, 1847)
- Notocypraea declivis (G.B. Sowerby II, 1870)
- Notocypraea dissecta Iredale, 1930
- Notocypraea piperita (Gray, 1825)
- Notocypraea pulicaria (Reeve, 1846)
- Notocypraea subcarnea (Beddome, 1897)
- Taxon inquirendum
- Notocypraea occidentalis Iredale, 1935
- Species brought into synonymy
- Notocypraea bicolor (Gaskoin, 1849): synonym of Notocypraea piperita bicolor (Gaskoin, 1849)
- Notocypraea casta Schilder & Summers, 1963: synonym of Notocypraea comptonii (Gray, 1847)
- Notocypraea hartsmithi (Schilder, 1967): synonym of Notocypraea dissecta Iredale, 1931
- Notocypraea musumea (Kuroda & Habe, 1961): synonym of Palmulacypraea musumea (Kuroda & Habe, 1961)
- Notocypraea verconis Cotton & Godfrey, 1932: synonym of Notocypraea angustata (Gmelin, 1791)
References
edit- ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Notocypraea Schilder, 1927. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=534633 on 2021-10-06
External links
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