Nesiocypraea

Nesiocypraea is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.^[1]

Nesiocypraea
Shell of Nesiocypraea midwayensis kontiki (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Cypraeoidea
Family:	Cypraeidae
Genus:	Nesiocypraea Azuma & Kurohara, 1967
Type species
Nesiocypraea midwayensis Azuma & Kurohara, 1967
Synonyms[1]
Cypraea (Nesiocypraea) Azuma & Kurohara, 1967 Kurodadusta Shikama, 1971

Species

Species within the genus Nesiocypraea include:

• Nesiocypraea aenigma Lorenz, 2002^[2]
• Nesiocypraea lisetae Kilburn, 1975
• Nesiocypraea midwayensis Azuma & Kurohara, 1967
  • Nesiocypraea midwayensis kontiki Lorenz, 2012
  • Nesiocypraea midwayensis midwayensis Azuma & Kurohara, 1967
• Nesiocypraea teramachii (Kuroda, 1938)^[3]
  • Nesiocypraea teramachii neocaledonica Lorenz, 2002
  • Nesiocypraea teramachii polyphemus Lorenz, 2002
• Nesiocypraea thachi F. Huber, 2020

Species brought into synonymy

• Nesiocypraea axelhuberti Lorenz & Hubert, 2000:^[4] synonym of Austrasiatica alexhuberti Lorenz and Huber, 2000
• Nesiocypraea axelhuberti Lorenz & Huber, 2000: synonym of Austrasiatica alexhuberti (Lorenz & Huber, 2000)
• Nesiocypraea deforgesi Lorenz, 2002:^[5] synonym of Austrasiatica deforgesi Lorenz, 2002
• Nesiocypraea hirasei (Roberts, 1913) synonym of Austrasiatica hirasei (Roberts, 1913)
• Nesiocypraea langfordi(Kuroda, 1938):^[6] 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)