Biology:Naria cernica

Short description: Species of gastropod

Naria cernica
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Cypraeidae
Genus:	Naria
Species:	N. cernica
Binomial name
Naria cernica (G.B. Sowerby II, 1870)
Synonyms
Cypraea (Erosaria) cernica (G. B. Sowerby II, 1870) Cypraea cernica G.B. Sowerby II, 1870 Erosaria cernica (G.B. Sowerby II, 1870) Erosaria (Ravitrona) cernica (G. B. Sowerby II, 1870)

Naria cernica is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.

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)

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Chagos, Easter Island,
the Mascarene Basin and Mauritius, Western Australia .

References

• 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.

External links

• G. B., II. (1870). Monograph of the genus Cypraea. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. Vol. 4 (26-28): 1–58, pls 292–328. London, privately published

Wikidata ☰ Q5236905 entry