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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
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, to about 20 metres. Also Lord Howe Island, Kermadec Islands and New South Wales, Australia
Geographical Range:
KA
Notes:
Poor Knights Cowrie, Marine
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.151)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1976 On the considerable influx of warm water molluscs that have invaded northern New Zealand waters within recent years, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 13 (p.144)
  • O'Neill, S. Mar/1974 Notes of Interest: Cypraea cernica tomlini from Cape Brett, Poirieria, 7(3)
  • Schilder, F.A. 1967 Cypraeidae from New Zealand, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 6(3) (p.201)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1965 New Zealand Molluscan Systematics with Descriptions of New Species: Part 5, Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 6(2) (p.164)

Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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