Notocochlis cernica

Notocochlis cernica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Naticoidea
Family:	Naticidae
Genus:	Notocochlis
Species:	N. cernica
Binomial name
	Notocochlis cernica; (Jousseaume, 1874)
Synonyms
	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

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

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