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]

Distribution

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

References

  1. 1 2 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.


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