Cypraeovula edentula
| Cypraeovula edentula | |
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| A lateral view of a shell of Cypraeovula edentula, anterior end towards the right | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Cypraeoidea |
| Family: | Cypraeidae |
| Genus: | Cypraeovula |
| Species: | C. edentulata |
| Binomial name | |
| Cypraeovula edentula J. E. Gray, 1825 | |
| Synonyms.[1] | |
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Cypraeovula edentulata, common name : the toothless cowrie, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]
Distribution
This marine species is distributed along Tanzania and the East Coast of South Africa.
References
- 1 2 Cypraeovula edentula Gray. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- Verdcourt, B. (1959). The cowries of the East African Coast: Supplement II. JEANHS XXIII (100): 130-134
External links
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