Nesiocypraea Azuma and Kurohara 1967 (cowry)

Gastropoda - Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae

Parent taxon: Cypraeidae according to C. P. Meyer 2004

Sister taxa: Afrozoila, Akleistostoma, Archicypraeinae, Bernayinae, Bistolidinae, Cypraeinae, Cypraeorbis, Cypraeovulinae, Cyproglobininae, Erosariinae, Erroneinae, Eucypraea, Fossacypraea, Gisortiinae, Luriinae, Mandolina, Megalocypraea, Nariinae, Notadusta, Ovulum, Proadusta, Pseudadusta, Pseudocypraeinae, Pseudozonariinae, Pustulariinae, Pustulariopsis, Semicypraea, Siphocypraea, Umbilia, Zoila, Zonariinae

Subtaxa: Nesiocypraea midwayensis

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Type: Nesiocypraea midwayensis

Ecology: epifaunal omnivore-grazer

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Nesiocypraea in the database

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