Notocochlis cernica

Notocochlis cernica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Naticoidea
Family:	Naticidae
Genus:	Notocochlis
Species:	N. cernica
Binomial name
	Notocochlis cernica; (Jousseaume, 1874)
Synonyms[1]
	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

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

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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 .

Rehder, H. A. 1980. The marine mollusks of Easter Island (Isla de Pascua) and Sala y Gómez. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoolology 289:1-167, 15 figs., 14 pls. page(s): 64
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

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