Biology:Notocypraea

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Short description: Genus of gastropods

Notocypraea
Cypraea angustata - Australia-1.JPG
A dorsal view of the shell of Notocypraea angustata
Scientific classification e
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

  • 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

  1. 1.0 1.1 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

Wikidata ☰ Q16977300 entry