Notocypraea

Notocypraea
A dorsal view of the shell of Notocypraea angustata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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]
  • Cypraea (Notocypraea)
  • Guttacypraea Iredale, 1935
  • Thelxinovum Iredale, 1931

Notocypraea is a genus of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]

Species

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

  1. ^ 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
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