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Nesiocypraea

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Nesiocypraea is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.

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  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumMollusca
  3. ClassGastropoda
  4. OrderLittorinimorpha
  5. FamilyCypraeidae
Habitatmarine

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Nesiocypraea is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.

==Species== Species within the genus Nesiocypraea include: Nesiocypraea aenigma Lorenz, 2002 Nesiocypraea lisetae Kilburn, 1975 Nesiocypraea midwayensis Azuma & Kurohara, 1967 Nesiocypraea midwayensis kontiki Lorenz, 2012 Nesiocypraea midwayensis midwayensis Azuma & Kurohara, 1967 Nesiocypraea teramachii (Kuroda, 1938) Nesiocypraea teramachii neocaledonica Lorenz, 2002 Nesiocypraea teramachii polyphemus Lorenz, 2002 Nesiocypraea thachi F. Huber, 2020 Species brought into synonymy : Nesiocypraea axelhuberti Lorenz & Hubert, 2000: synonym of Austrasiatica alexhuberti Lorenz and Huber, 2000 Nesiocypraea axelhuberti Lorenz & Huber, 2000: synonym of Austrasiatica alexhuberti (Lorenz & Huber, 2000) Nesiocypraea deforgesi Lorenz, 2002: synonym of Austrasiatica deforgesi Lorenz, 2002 Nesiocypraea hirasei (Roberts, 1913) synonym of Austrasiatica hirasei (Roberts, 1913) Nesiocypraea langfordi(Kuroda, 1938): synonym of Austrasiatica langfordi (Kuroda, 1938) Nesiocypraea maricola Cate, 1976: synonym of Nesiocypraea lisetae Kilburn, 1975 Nesiocypraea sakurai Habe, 1970: synonym of Austrasiatica sakurai (Habe, 1970) Nesiocypraea sakuraii (Habe, 1970): synonym of Austrasiatica sakurai (Habe, 1970)

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