Nesiocypraea teramachii

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Nesiocypraea teramachii
Shell of Nesiocypraea teramachii polyphemus (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cypraeidae
Genus: Nesiocypraea
Species:
N. teramachii
Binomial name
Nesiocypraea teramachii
(Kuroda, 1938)
Synonyms
  • Cypraea teramachii (Kuroda, 1938)
  • Erronea teramachii Kuroda, 1938 (original combination)
  • Nesiocypraea teramachii teramachii (Kuroda, 1938)· accepted, alternate representation

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

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