Notocypraea piperita

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Notocypraea piperita
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Shell of Notocypraea piperita from Australia at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cypraeidae
Genus: Notocypraea
Species:
N. piperita
Binomial name
Notocypraea piperita
Gray, 1825
Synonyms
  • Cypraea piperita Gray, 1825
  • Cypraea bicolorGaskoin, 1849
  • Cypraea piperita var. leucochroaSullioti, 1924
  • Erronea angustata piperita(Gray, 1825)
  • Erronea angustata piperita var. reticulifera Gray

Notocypraea piperita, common name peppered cowrie, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.

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Description

Notocypraea piperita has a shell reaching a size of 16–30 mm. The dorsum surface usually shows pale brown or peach-coloured transversal bands on a paler background, while the base is whitish or yellowish, with small dark spots on the ventral margin.

Habitat

This cowry lives subtidally on rocks.

Distribution

This species and its subspecies occur in the seas along southern Australia and northern Tasmania.

Subspecies

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