Notocochlis cernica

Species of gastropod

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]

## Description

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The length of the shell attains 15.7 mm.

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## Distribution

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

## References

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1. ^ 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

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* 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

Taxon identifiers

Notocochlis cernica|

* Wikidata: Q6781473
* AFD: Notocochlis_cernica
* CoL: 47VLK
* EoL: 4863136
* GBIF: 6492958
* iNaturalist: 1006893
* IRMNG: 11837952
* OBIS: 570163
* Open Tree of Life: 2890551
* SeaLifeBase: 90353
* WoRMS: 570163

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