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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
NATICIDAE: NATICINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Naticoidea (Superfamily)
> Naticidae (Family)
> Naticinae (Subfamily)
> Notocochlis (Genus)
> cernica (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Natica (Natica) cernica Jousseaume, 1874
=Natica cernica Jousseaume, 1874
=Natica jousseaumei Euthyme, 1885
=Natica nebulosa Schepman, 1909
=Natica ochrostigmata Rehder, 1980
=Notocochlis sagittata hancockae Powell, 1971
Images: Notocochlis cernica (Jousseaume, 1874)
Hermit crab in rock pool, Karikari Peninsula, Northland, NZ. 19.5mm. © rights reserved
In beach drift, Taupiri Bay, Northland, NZ. 11mm. © rights reserved
Hermit crab in rock pool, Karikari Peninsula, Northland, NZ. 19.5mm. © rights reserved
Holotype, collected off Urupukapuka Island, Bay of Islands, Northland, NZ (MA71330). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Holotype, collected off Urupukapuka Island, Bay of Islands, Northland, NZ (MA71330). © Auckland Museum (CC-BY)
Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
NATICIDAE: NATICINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Naticoidea (Superfamily)
> Naticidae (Family)
> Naticinae (Subfamily)
> Notocochlis (Genus)
> cernica (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Natica (Natica) cernica Jousseaume, 1874
=Natica cernica Jousseaume, 1874
=Natica jousseaumei Euthyme, 1885
=Natica nebulosa Schepman, 1909
=Natica ochrostigmata Rehder, 1980
=Notocochlis sagittata hancockae Powell, 1971
Details: Notocochlis cernica (Jousseaume, 1874)
Size/Grows to:
Height 20mm, Width 17mm
Distribution:
Central Indian Ocean to Eastern Australia and the Philippines. NZ, Kermadec and Three Kings Islands, and north-eastern North Island as far south-east as Ranfurly Bank, from 0-78m
Type Data:
  • Off Urupukapuka Island, Bay of Islands, NZ, (holotype)
Notes:
Moon Snail, Marine, Native - Non-endemic
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Spurgeon, A.M., Burch, K.W., Carson, K., Walton, K., Plaisted, J. Nov/2017 Notes on NZ Collected Species, Cookia, 29 (p.12)
  • Torigoe, K., Inaba, A. 2011 Revision on the classification of Recent Naticidae, Bulletin of the Nishinomiya Shell Museum, 7 (p.100)
  • Kabat, A.R. 2000 Results of the Rumphius Biohistorical Expedition to Ambon. Part 10. Mollusca, Gastropoda, Naticidae, Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden), 73 (p.364)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.154)
  • Grange, K.R. Mar/1972 Notes of Interest: Natica sagittata hancockae, Poirieria, 6(3) (p.58)

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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