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

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