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Cypraeovula castanea

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Species of gastropod

Cypraeovula castanea
Shell of Cypraeovula castanea malani (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cypraeidae
Genus: Cypraeovula
Species: C. castanea
Binomial name
Cypraeovula castanea
(Higgins, 1868)
Synonyms
  • Cypraea castanea (Higgins, 1868)
  • Cypraea verhoefi Burgess, 1982 (unnecessary substitute name for Luponia castanea, by Burgess treated as a secondary homonym of Cypraea castanea Röding, 1798)
  • Cypraeovula castanea castanea (Higgins, 1868)· accepted, alternate representation
  • Luponia castanea Higgins, 1868 (basionym)

Cypraeovula castanea is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.

Subspecies

  • Cypraeovula castanea castanea (Higgins, 1868)
  • Cypraeovula castanea latebrosa Swarts & Liltved in Liltved, 2000
  • Cypraeovula castanea malani Lorenz & de Bruin, 2009

Description

The length of the shell attains 28.9 mm.

This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (May 2010)

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Agulhas Bank, South Africa

References

  1. ^ Cypraeovula castanea (Higgins, 1868). Bouchet, P. (2010). Cypraeovula castanea (Higgins, 1868). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=458730 on 5 June 2010 .
  • Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector’s Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp. page(s): 60
  • Higgins E.T. (1868). Description of six new species of shells. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1868): 178-180 , pl. 14
  • Higgins E.T. (1868). Description of six new species of shells. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1868): 178-180 , pl. 14

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Taxon identifiers
Cypraeovula castanea


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