''Naria cernica'' is a
species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...
of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
, a
cowry, a marine
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk
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in the
family
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Cypraeidae, the cowries.
;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
Distribution
This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off
Chagos,
Easter Island
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,
the
Mascarene Basin and
Mauritius
Mauritius ( ; french: Maurice, link=no ; mfe, label=Mauritian Creole, Moris ), officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island nation in the Indian Ocean about off the southeast coast of the African continent, east of Madagascar. It incl ...
, Western
Australia
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.
References
* 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.
External links
G. B., II. (1870). Monograph of the genus Cypraea. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. Vol. 4 (26-28): 1–58, pls 292–328. London, privately published
Cypraeidae
Gastropods described in 1870
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