| 词条 | Notocypraea piperita |
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| name = Notocypraea piperita | image = Cypraeidae - Notocypraea piperita.JPG | image_width = 220px | image_caption = Shell of Notocypraea piperita from Australia at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano | image2 = Notocypraea piperita 001.jpg | image2_width = 220px | image2_caption = Ventral view | regnum = Animalia | phylum = Mollusca | classis = Gastropoda | unranked_superfamilia= clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha | superfamilia = Cypraeoidea | familia = Cypraeidae | subfamilia = | genus = Notocypraea | subgenus = | species = N. piperita | binomial = Notocypraea piperita | binomial_authority = Gray, 1825 | synonyms =
}} Notocypraea piperita, common name peppered cowrie, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries. DescriptionNotocypraea piperita has a shell reaching a size of 16–30 mm. The dorsum surface usually shows pale brown or peach-coloured transversal bands on a paler background, while the base is whitish or yellowish, with small dark spots on the ventral margin. HabitatThis cowry lives subtidally on rocks. DistributionThis species and its subspecies occur in the seas along southern Australia and northern Tasmania. Subspecies
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2 : Cypraeidae|Gastropods described in 1825 |
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