Notocypraea

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

Notocypraea
A dorsal view of the shell of Notocypraea angustata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Cypraeoidea
Family:	Cypraeidae
Genus:	Notocypraea Schilder, 1927
Type species
Cypraea piperita Gray, 1825
Synonyms[1]
Cypraea (Notocypraea) Guttacypraea Iredale, 1935 Thelxinovum Iredale, 1931

Species

• Notocypraea angustata (Gmelin, 1791)
• Notocypraea comptoni (Gray, 1847)
• Notocypraea declivis (G.B. Sowerby II, 1870)
• Notocypraea dissecta Iredale, 1930
• Notocypraea piperita (Gray, 1825)
• Notocypraea pulicaria (Reeve, 1846)
• Notocypraea subcarnea (Beddome, 1897)

Taxon inquirendum

• Notocypraea occidentalis Iredale, 1935

Species brought into synonymy

• Notocypraea bicolor (Gaskoin, 1849): synonym of Notocypraea piperita bicolor (Gaskoin, 1849)
• Notocypraea casta Schilder & Summers, 1963: synonym of Notocypraea comptonii (Gray, 1847)
• Notocypraea hartsmithi (Schilder, 1967): synonym of Notocypraea dissecta Iredale, 1931
• Notocypraea musumea (Kuroda & Habe, 1961): synonym of Palmulacypraea musumea (Kuroda & Habe, 1961)
• Notocypraea verconis Cotton & Godfrey, 1932: synonym of Notocypraea angustata (Gmelin, 1791)