Notocochlis cernica

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Notocochlis cernica
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Shell of Notocochlis cernica (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
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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 [1]
  • Natica (Natica) cernicaJousseaume, 1874
  • Natica cernicaJousseaume, 1874 (basionym)
  • Natica jousseaumeiEuthyme, 1885
  • Natica nebulosaSchepman, 1909
  • Natica ochrostigmataRehder, 1980
  • Notocochlis sagittata hancockaePowell, 1971

Notocochlis cernica is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Naticidae, the moon snails. [1]

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Description

The length of the shell attains 15.7 mm.

Distribution

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

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References

  1. 1 2 Notocochlis cernica (Jousseaume, 1874) . WoRMS (2009). Notocochlis cernica (Jousseaume, 1874). Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=570163 on 26 August 2011 .