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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CYPRAEIDAE: EROSARIINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Cypraeoidea (Superfamily)
> Cypraeidae (Family)
> Erosariinae (Subfamily)
> Naria (Genus)
> cernica (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Albacypraea Steadman & Cotton, 1946
=Brugnonia Jeffreys, 1883
=Cupinota Iredale, 1939
=Cypraea (Erosaria) Troschel, 1863
=Cypraea (Naria) J.E. Gray, 1837
=Erosaria Troschel, 1863
=Ocellaria Weinkauff, 1881
=Paulonaria Iredale, 1930
Synonymised Names:
=Cypraea (Erosaria) cernica (G. B. Sowerby, 1870)
=Cypraea cernica G.B. Sowerby II, 1870
=Erosaria cernica (G.B. Sowerby II, 1870)
=Erosaria percomis Iredale, 1931
=Erosaria cernica tomlini Schilder, 1930
Images: Naria cernica (G.B. Sowerby II, 1870)
The Poor Knights Cowrie collected by scuba diving off northern NZ. 33mm. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CYPRAEIDAE: EROSARIINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Cypraeoidea (Superfamily)
> Cypraeidae (Family)
> Erosariinae (Subfamily)
> Naria (Genus)
> cernica (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Albacypraea Steadman & Cotton, 1946
=Brugnonia Jeffreys, 1883
=Cupinota Iredale, 1939
=Cypraea (Erosaria) Troschel, 1863
=Cypraea (Naria) J.E. Gray, 1837
=Erosaria Troschel, 1863
=Ocellaria Weinkauff, 1881
=Paulonaria Iredale, 1930
Synonymised Names:
=Cypraea (Erosaria) cernica (G. B. Sowerby, 1870)
=Cypraea cernica G.B. Sowerby II, 1870
=Erosaria cernica (G.B. Sowerby II, 1870)
=Erosaria percomis Iredale, 1931
=Erosaria cernica tomlini Schilder, 1930
Details: Naria cernica (G.B. Sowerby II, 1870)
Size/Grows to:
Length 33mm, Width 20mm
Distribution:
Northland. Cape Maria van Diemen to Poor Knights Islands. Also Lord Howe Island, Kermadec Islands and New South Wales, Australia, from 0-46m
Notes:
Poor Knights Cowrie, Marine
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NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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