Naria cernica

Naria cernica is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.^[1]

Subspecies

• Naria cernica cernica (G. B. Sowerby II, 1870)
• Naria cernica leforti (Senders & P. Martin, 1987)
• Naria cernica viridicolor (C. N. Cate, 1962)

• Naria cernica marielae (Cate, 1960): synonym of Naria cernica cernica (G. B. Sowerby II, 1870)
• Naria cernica ogasawarensis (Schilder, 1944): synonym of Naria cernica cernica (G. B. Sowerby II, 1870)
• Naria cernica tomlini (Schilder, 1930): synonym of Naria cernica cernica (G. B. Sowerby II, 1870)

Naria cernica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Cypraeidae
Genus:	Naria
Species:	N. cernica
Binomial name
Naria cernica (G.B. Sowerby II, 1870)
Synonyms[1]
Cypraea (Erosaria) cernica (G. B. Sowerby II, 1870) Cypraea cernica G.B. Sowerby II, 1870 Erosaria cernica (G.B. Sowerby II, 1870) Erosaria (Ravitrona) cernica (G. B. Sowerby II, 1870)

Description

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Chagos, Easter Island, the Mascarene Basin and Mauritius, Western Australia.