Notocochlis

Notocochlis is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Naticidae, the moon snails.[1]

Notocochlis
Temporal range: Oligocene - Recent
Five views of a shell of Notocochlis tigrina
Fossil of Notocochlis tigrina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Naticoidea
Family:
Naticidae
Genus:
Notocochlis

Powell, 1933

This genus is known in the fossil record from the Oligocene epoch to the Quaternary period (age range 23.03 to 0.0 million years ago.). Fossils have been collected in the sediments of Austria, Germany, India, Italy and Thailand.[2]

Species

Species within the genus Notocochlis include:

Species brought into synonymy
  • Notocochlis hilaris (G.B. Sowerby III, 1914): synonym of Tanea hilaris (G.B. Sowerby, III, 1914)
  • Notocochlis marochiensis (Gmelin, 1791): synonym of Natica marochiensis (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Notocochlis schoutanica (May, 1913): synonym of Tasmatica schoutanica (May, 1913)

References
  1. Notocochlis Powell, 1933. Gofas, S. (2009). Notocochlis Powell, 1933. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2009) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=370550 on 21 April 2012 .
  2. Fossilworks
  3. Notocochlis gualteriana Récluz, 1844. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 16 June 2010.


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