Notocypraea angustata

Notocypraea angustata

A dorsal view of the shell of Notocypraea angustata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Cypraeoidea
Family:	Cypraeidae
Genus:	Notocypraea
Species:	N. angustata
Binomial name
*Notocypraea angustata* Gmelin, 1791
Synonyms
Cypraea angustata Gmelin, 1791 Cypraea angustata globosa Vayssière, 1910 Cypraea angustata var. albata Beddome, 1898 Cypraea castanea Anderson 1836 Cypraea maculata Perry 1811 Erronea angustata (Gmelin, 1791) Notocypraea bicolor emblema Iredale, 1931 Notocypraea verconis Cotton & Godfrey, 1932 Thelxinovum molleri Iredale, 1931

Notocypraea angustata is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.

Distribution

This species and its subspecies occur in the seas along southern Australia.

Lorenz F. & Hubert A. (2000) A guide to worldwide cowries. Edition 2. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 584 pp
Lorenz F. (2005) Taxonomic notes on two poorly known species of Notocypraea (Gastropoda: Cypraeidae). Visaya 1(5):16-21

Taxon identifiers	EoL: 4854033 GBIF: 4608187 NCBI: 218228 WoRMS: 534639

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