Nesiocypraea teramachii

Nesiocypraea teramachii
Shell of Nesiocypraea teramachii polyphemus (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Cypraeidae
Genus:	Nesiocypraea
Species:	N. teramachii
Binomial name
Nesiocypraea teramachii (Kuroda, 1938)
Synonyms
Cypraea teramachii(Kuroda, 1938) Erronea teramachiiKuroda, 1938 (original combination) Nesiocypraea teramachii teramachii(Kuroda, 1938)· accepted, alternate representation

Nesiocypraea teramachii is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries. ^[1]

Subspecies

• Nesiocypraea teramachii neocaledonicaLorenz, 2002
• Nesiocypraea teramachii polyphemusLorenz, 2002

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines..

References

1. Nesiocypraea teramachii . WoRMS (2009). Nesiocypraea teramachii. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=396645 on 5 June 2010 .

• Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 644 pp