Cribrarula esontropia
| Cribrarula esontropia | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Cypraeoidea |
| Family: | Cypraeidae |
| Genus: | Cribrarula |
| Species: | C. esontropia |
| Binomial name | |
| Cribrarula esontropia (Duclos, 1833) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Cypraea esontropia Duclos, 1833 (basionym) | |
Cribrarula esontropia is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]
Subspecies
There are two subspecies recognized :[1]
- Cribrarula esontropia esontropia (Duclos, 1833)
- Cribrarula esontropia francescoi Lorenz, 2002
Distribution
This species is found in the Indian Ocean along Mauritius and the Mascarene Basin.
References
- 1 2 3 Cribrarula esontropia . WoRMS (2009). Cribrarula esontropia. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=396629 on 14 October 2010.
External links
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