Nesiocypraea

Nesiocypraea
Nesiocypraea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Cypraeoidea
Family: Cypraeidae
Genus: Nesiocypraea
Azuma & Kurohara, 1967

Nesiocypraea is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]

Species

Species within the genus Nesiocypraea include:

Species brought into synonymy 
  • Nesiocypraea hirasei (Roberts, 1913) : synonym of Austrasiatica hirasei (Roberts, 1913)
  • Nesiocypraea langfordi [6]: synonym of Austrasiatica langfordi (Kuroda, 1938)
  • Nesiocypraea maricola Cate, 1976 : synonym of Nesiocypraea lisetae Kilburn, 1975
  • Nesiocypraea sakurai Habe, 1970: synonym of Austrasiatica sakurai (Habe, 1970)

References

  1. ^ Nesiocypraea . WoRMS (2010). Nesiocypraea. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.eu/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=391308 on 23 April 2011.
  2. ^ Nesiocypraea aenigma Lorenz, 2002.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=395577 on 5 June 2010.
  3. ^ Nesiocypraea axelhuberti Lorenz & Hubert, 2000.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=457764 on 5 June 2010.
  4. ^ Nesiocypraea deforgesi Lorenz, 2002.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=395578 on 5 June 2010.
  5. ^ Nesiocypraea teramachii .  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=396645 on 5 June 2010.
  6. ^ Nesiocypraea langfordi .  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=396642 on 5 June 2010.

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