Notocypraea
Sign in to saveNotocypraea is a genus of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderLittorinimorpha
- FamilyCypraeidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 673
- Family
- Cypraeidae
- Collections
- NMV, UCMP, TMAG
- Recorded in
- Australia
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Notocypraea is a genus of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.
==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)
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