''Notocypraea'' is a
genus
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of
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 ...
, a
cowry
Cowrie or cowry () is the common name for a group of small to large sea snails in the family Cypraeidae.
Cowrie shells have held cultural, economic, and ornamental significance in various cultures. The cowrie was the shell most widely used wo ...
, a marine
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 ...
mollusk
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in the
family
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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.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Notocypraea Schilder, 1927. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=534633 on 2021-10-06]
Species
*''
Notocypraea angustata''
(Gmelin Gmelin may refer to:
* Karl Christian Gmelin, Carl Christian Gmelin (1762–1837), German botanist, author of ''Flora Badensis, Alsatica et confinium regionum cis- et transrhenania'' (1806)
* Charles Gmelin (1872–1950), British Olympic athlete
* ...
, 1791)
*''
Notocypraea comptoni''
(Gray
Grey (more frequent in British English) or gray (more frequent in American English) is an intermediate color between black and white. It is a neutral or achromatic color, meaning that it has no chroma. It is the color of a cloud-covered s ...
, 1847)
*''
Notocypraea declivis''
(G.B. Sowerby II, 1870)
*''
Notocypraea dissecta''
Iredale, 1930
*''
Notocypraea piperita''
(Gray
Grey (more frequent in British English) or gray (more frequent in American English) is an intermediate color between black and white. It is a neutral or achromatic color, meaning that it has no chroma. It is the color of a cloud-covered s ...
, 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)
References
BiolibWoRMS
External links
Iredale, T. (1935). Australian cowries. The Australian Zoologist. 8(2): 96-135, pls 8-9
Cypraeidae
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