''Nesiocypraea'' is a

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sea snail Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...

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gastropod Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...

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Cypraeidae Cypraeidae, common name, commonly named the cowries ( cowry or cowrie), is a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic family (biology), family of small to large sea snails. These are marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Cypraeoidea, ...

, the cowries.Rosenberg, G. (2012). Nesiocypraea Azuma & Kurohara, 1967. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=391308 on 2012-05-10

Species

Species within the genus ''Nesiocypraea'' include: * ''

Nesiocypraea aenigma ''Nesiocypraea aenigma'' is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cypraeidae Cypraeidae, common name, commonly named the cowries ( cowry or cowrie), is a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic family (biology), fam ...

'' Lorenz, 2002 * '' Nesiocypraea lisetae'' Kilburn, 1975 * '' Nesiocypraea midwayensis'' Azuma & Kurohara, 1967 ** ''Nesiocypraea midwayensis kontiki'' Lorenz, 2012 ** ''Nesiocypraea midwayensis midwayensis'' Azuma & Kurohara, 1967 * '' Nesiocypraea teramachii'' (Kuroda, 1938) ** ''Nesiocypraea teramachii neocaledonica'' Lorenz, 2002 ** ''Nesiocypraea teramachii polyphemus'' Lorenz, 2002 * '' Nesiocypraea thachi'' F. Huber, 2020 ; Species brought into synonymy : * ''Nesiocypraea axelhuberti'' Lorenz & Hubert, 2000: synonym of ''

Austrasiatica alexhuberti ''Austrasiatica axelhuberti'' is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cypraeidae Cypraeidae, common name, commonly named the cowries ( cowry or cowrie), is a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic family (biology) ...

'' Lorenz and Huber, 2000 * ''Nesiocypraea axelhuberti'' Lorenz & Huber, 2000: synonym of ''

'' (Lorenz & Huber, 2000) * ''Nesiocypraea deforgesi'' Lorenz, 2002: synonym of '' Austrasiatica deforgesi'' Lorenz, 2002 * ''Nesiocypraea hirasei'' (Roberts, 1913) synonym of '' Austrasiatica hirasei'' (Roberts, 1913) * ''Nesiocypraea langfordi''(Kuroda, 1938): synonym of '' Austrasiatica langfordi'' (Kuroda, 1938) * ''Nesiocypraea maricola'' Cate, 1976: synonym of ''Nesiocypraea lisetae'' Kilburn, 1975 * ''Nesiocypraea sakurai'' Habe, 1970: synonym of '' Austrasiatica sakurai'' (Habe, 1970) * ''Nesiocypraea sakuraii'' (Habe, 1970): synonym of '' Austrasiatica sakurai'' (Habe, 1970)

References

Cypraeidae Gastropod genera {{Cypraeidae-stub