Notocypraea angustata

Notocypraea angustata
	A dorsal view of the shell of Notocypraea angustata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
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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