Notocochlis cernica

Notocochlis cernica
Shell of Notocochlis cernica (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
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) cernica Jousseaume, 1874 Natica cernica Jousseaume, 1874 (basionym) Natica jousseaumei Euthyme, 1885 Natica nebulosa Schepman, 1909 Natica ochrostigmata Rehder, 1980 Notocochlis sagittata hancockae Powell, 1971

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

The length of the shell attains 15.7 mm.

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

• 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

• 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