Cypraeovula algoensis
Appearance
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Family: | Cypraeidae |
Genus: | Cypraeovula |
Species: | C. algoensis
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Binomial name | |
Cypraeovula algoensis (Gray, 1825)
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Cypraeovula algoensis is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]
Subspecies
[edit]- Cypraeovula algoensis algoensis (Gray, 1825)
- Cypraeovula algoensis liltvedi Lorenz, 2017
- Cypraeovula algoensis namibiensis Massier, 2006
- Cypraeovula algoensis permarginata Lorenz, 1989
Description
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Distribution
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References
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- ^ Cypraeovula algoensis Gray. WoRMS (2010). Cypraeovula algoensis Gray. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010 .
- Chiapponi M. (1999) A conchological intermediate between Cypraeovula edentula and C. algoensis (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Cypraeidae). Schriften zur Malakozoologie 13: 41–42.
- Steyn, D.G & Lussi, M. (2005). Offshore Shells of Southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 Gastropods. Published by the authors. Pp. i–vi, 1–289.
- Lorenz F. , 2017 Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. Volume 1, Biology and systematics