Nesiocypraea
Shell of Nesiocypraea midwayensis kontiki (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Cypraeoidea
Family: Cypraeidae
Genus: Nesiocypraea
Azuma & Kurohara, 1967
Type species
Nesiocypraea midwayensis Azuma & Kurohara, 1967
Synonyms[1]
  • Cypraea (Nesiocypraea) Azuma & Kurohara, 1967
  • Kurodadusta Shikama, 1971

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

Species

Species within the genus Nesiocypraea include:

  • Nesiocypraea aenigma Lorenz, 2002[2]
  • Nesiocypraea lisetae Kilburn, 1975
  • Nesiocypraea midwayensis Azuma & Kurohara, 1967
    • Nesiocypraea midwayensis kontiki Lorenz, 2012
    • Nesiocypraea midwayensis midwayensis Azuma & Kurohara, 1967
  • Nesiocypraea teramachii (Kuroda, 1938)[3]
    • Nesiocypraea teramachii neocaledonica Lorenz, 2002
    • Nesiocypraea teramachii polyphemus Lorenz, 2002
  • Nesiocypraea thachi F. Huber, 2020
Species brought into synonymy

References

  1. 1 2 Rosenberg, G. (2012). Nesiocypraea Azuma & Kurohara, 1967. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=391308 on 2012-05-10
  2. Nesiocypraea aenigma Lorenz, 2002. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  3. Nesiocypraea teramachii. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  4. Nesiocypraea axelhuberti Lorenz & Hubert, 2000. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  5. Nesiocypraea deforgesi Lorenz, 2002. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
  6. Nesiocypraea langfordi. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.


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