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Naria cernica

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Naria cernica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cypraeidae
Genus: Naria
Species:
N. cernica
Binomial name
Naria cernica
Synonyms[1]
  • Cypraea (Erosaria) cernica (G. B. Sowerby II, 1870)
  • Cypraea cernica G.B. Sowerby II, 1870
  • Erosaria cernica (G.B. Sowerby II, 1870)
  • Erosaria (Ravitrona) cernica (G. B. Sowerby II, 1870)

Naria cernica is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]

Subspecies
  • Naria cernica cernica (G. B. Sowerby II, 1870)
  • Naria cernica leforti (Senders & P. Martin, 1987)
  • Naria cernica viridicolor (C. N. Cate, 1962)
  • Naria cernica marielae (Cate, 1960): synonym of Naria cernica cernica (G. B. Sowerby II, 1870)
  • Naria cernica ogasawarensis (Schilder, 1944): synonym of Naria cernica cernica (G. B. Sowerby II, 1870)
  • Naria cernica tomlini (Schilder, 1930): synonym of Naria cernica cernica (G. B. Sowerby II, 1870)

Description

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Distribution

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This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Chagos, Easter Island,
the Mascarene Basin and Mauritius, Western Australia.

References

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  1. ^ a b Naria cernica (Sowerby, 1870). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 January 2019.
  • Senders & Martin, 1987. Description d'une nouvelle sous-espèce de Cypraeidae en provenance de l'Ile de Paques. Apex 2(1): 13-17
  • Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 644 pp.
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