Notocochlis cernica

Notocochlis cernica
	Shell of Notocochlis cernica (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Naticidae
Genus:	Notocochlis
Species:	N. cernica
Binomial name
	Notocochlis cernica; (Jousseaume, 1874)
Synonyms
	Natica (Natica) cernica Jousseaume, 1874; 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]

Description[edit]

The length of the shell attains 15.7 mm.

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

^ ^a ^b 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 .

Powell, A. W. B. (1971). "New Zealand Molluscan Systematics with Descriptions of New Species: Part 7". Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum. 8: 209–228. ISSN 0067-0464. JSTOR 42906169. Wikidata Q58676898.
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