Nesiocypraea teramachii

Nesiocypraea teramachii
	Shell of Nesiocypraea teramachii polyphemus (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Cypraeoidea
Family:	Cypraeidae
Subfamily:	Erosariinae
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 mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines..

Nesiocypraea teramachii. WoRMS (2009). Nesiocypraea teramachii. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=396645 on 5 June 2010 .

Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 644 pp

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