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Cypraeovula algoensis

Summary

Cypraeovula algoensis is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]

Cypraeovula algoensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Cypraeoidea
Family:
Cypraeidae
Genus:
Cypraeovula
Species:
C. algoensis
Binomial name
Cypraeovula algoensis
(Gray, 1825)
Synonyms
  • Cypraea algoensis Gray, 1825
  • Cypraea algoensis f. batsatensis Bodoni, 1985
  • Cypraeovula algoensis var. sanfrancisca Chiapponi, 1999

Subspecies edit

  • Cypraeovula algoensis algoensis (Gray, 1825)
  • Cypraeovula algoensis liltvedi Lorenz, 2017
  • Cypraeovula algoensis namibiensis Massier, 2006
  • Cypraeovula algoensis permarginata Lorenz, 1989


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Distribution edit

References edit

  1. ^ 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
 
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