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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| Shell of Notocochlis cernica (syntype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Naticidae |
| Genus: | Notocochlis |
| Species: | N. cernica
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| Notocochlis cernica (Jousseaume, 1874)
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Description edit
The length of the shell attains 15.7 mm.
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Distribution edit
This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Mauritius in the Mascarene Basin.
References edit
- ^ a b 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 .
- Powell, A. W. B. (1971). "New Zealand Molluscan Systematics with Descriptions of New Species: Part 7". Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum. 8: 209–228. ISSN 0067-0464. JSTOR 42906169. Wikidata Q58676898.
- Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
- Hollman M. (2008) Naticidae. In Poppe G.T. (ed.) Philippine marine mollusks, vol. 1: 482-501, pls 186-195. Hackenheim: Conchbooks.
- Torigoe K. & Inaba A. (2011) Revision on the classification of Recent Naticidae. Bulletin of the Nishinomiya Shell Museum 7: 133 + 15 pp., 4 pls
External links edit
- Kabat A.R. (2000) Results of the Rumphius Biohistorical Expedition to Ambon (1990). Part 10. Mollusca, Gastropoda, Naticidae. Zoologische Mededelingen 73(25): 345-380
- Jousseaume, F. (1874). Description de quelques espèces nouvelles de coquilles appartenant aux genres Murex, Cypraea et Natica. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie. 3 (2): 3-25
- Rehder, H. A. 1980. The marine mollusks of Easter Island (Isla de Pascua) and Sala y Gómez. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 289:1-167, 15 figs., 14 pls. page(s): 64