Biology:Notocochlis cernica

Short description: Species of gastropod

Notocochlis cernica
Shell of Notocochlis cernica (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Naticidae
Genus:	Notocochlis
Species:	N. cernica
Binomial name
Notocochlis cernica (Jousseaume, 1874)
Synonyms
Natica (Natica) cernica Jousseaume, 1874 Natica cernica Jousseaume, 1874 (basionym) Natica jousseaumei Euthyme, 1885 Natica nebulosa Schepman, 1909 Natica ochrostigmata Rehder, 1980 Notocochlis sagittata hancockae Powell, 1971

Notocochlis cernica is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.

Description

The length of the shell attains 15.7 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Mauritius in the Mascarene Basin.

References

• Powell, A.W.B. (1971). New Zealand molluscan systematics with descriptions of new species: Part 7. Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum 8: 209–228.
• Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
• Hollman M. (2008) Naticidae. In Poppe G.T. (ed.) Philippine marine mollusks, vol. 1: 482-501, pls 186-195. Hackenheim: Conchbooks.
• Torigoe K. & Inaba A. (2011) Revision on the classification of Recent Naticidae. Bulletin of the Nishinomiya Shell Museum 7: 133 + 15 pp., 4 pls

External links

• Kabat A.R. (2000) Results of the Rumphius Biohistorical Expedition to Ambon (1990). Part 10. Mollusca, Gastropoda, Naticidae. Zoologische Mededelingen 73(25): 345-380
• Jousseaume, F. (1874). Description de quelques espèces nouvelles de coquilles appartenant aux genres Murex, Cypraea et Natica. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie. 3 (2): 3-25
• Rehder, H. A. 1980. The marine mollusks of Easter Island (Isla de Pascua) and Sala y Gómez. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 289:1-167, 15 figs., 14 pls. page(s): 64

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