Mauritia mappa
| Mauritia mappa | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Cypraeoidea |
| Family: | Cypraeidae |
| Genus: | Mauritia |
| Species: | M. mappa |
| Binomial name | |
| Mauritia mappa (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
Mauritia mappa, common name the map cowrie, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]
References
- ↑ Mauritia mappa (Linnaeus, 1758). WoRMS (2009). Mauritia mappa (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216873 on 5 June 2010.
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