Nesiocypraea teramachii
| Nesiocypraea teramachii | |
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| Shell of Nesiocypraea teramachii polyphemus (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Cypraeidae |
| Genus: | Nesiocypraea |
| Species: | N. teramachii |
| Binomial name | |
| Nesiocypraea teramachii (Kuroda, 1938) | |
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Nesiocypraea teramachii is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]
- Subspecies
- Nesiocypraea teramachii neocaledonica Lorenz, 2002
- Nesiocypraea teramachii polyphemus Lorenz, 2002
Description
Distribution
This marine species occurs off the Philippines..
References
- ^ Nesiocypraea teramachii. WoRMS (2009). Nesiocypraea teramachii. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=396645 on 5 June 2010 .
- Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 644 pp