Nesiocypraea
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| Shell of Nesiocypraea midwayensis kontiki (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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 | |
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Nesiocypraea is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]
Species[edit]
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
- Nesiocypraea axelhuberti Lorenz & Hubert, 2000:[4] synonym of Austrasiatica alexhuberti Lorenz and Huber, 2000
- Nesiocypraea axelhuberti Lorenz & Huber, 2000: synonym of Austrasiatica alexhuberti (Lorenz & Huber, 2000)
- Nesiocypraea deforgesi Lorenz, 2002:[5] synonym of Austrasiatica deforgesi Lorenz, 2002
- Nesiocypraea hirasei (Roberts, 1913) synonym of Austrasiatica hirasei (Roberts, 1913)
- Nesiocypraea langfordi(Kuroda, 1938):[6] synonym of Austrasiatica langfordi (Kuroda, 1938)
- Nesiocypraea maricola Cate, 1976: synonym of Nesiocypraea lisetae Kilburn, 1975
- Nesiocypraea sakurai Habe, 1970: synonym of Austrasiatica sakurai (Habe, 1970)
- Nesiocypraea sakuraii (Habe, 1970): synonym of Austrasiatica sakurai (Habe, 1970)
References[edit]
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- ^ a b 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
- ^ Nesiocypraea aenigma Lorenz, 2002. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
- ^ Nesiocypraea teramachii. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
- ^ Nesiocypraea axelhuberti Lorenz & Hubert, 2000. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
- ^ Nesiocypraea deforgesi Lorenz, 2002. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
- ^ Nesiocypraea langfordi. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
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