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{{Taxobox
| name = ''Melicerona felina''
| image =Cypraeidae - Melicerona felina.JPG
| image_width = 250px
| image =
| image_caption = Shell of ''Melicerona felina'' from [[Saudi Arabia]] at the [[Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano]]
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| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| phylum = [[Mollusca]]
| phylum = [[Mollusca]]
| classis = [[Gastropoda]]
| classis = [[Gastropoda]]
| unranked_familia = clade [[Caenogastropoda]]<br />clade [[Littorinimorpha]]
| unranked_superfamilia = clade [[Caenogastropoda]]<br />clade [[Hypsogastropoda]]<br/>clade [[Littorinimorpha]]
| superfamilia = [[Cypraeoidea]]
| superfamilia = [[Cypraeoidea]]
| familia = [[Cypraeidae]]
| familia = [[Cypraeidae]]
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| species = '''''M. felina'''''
| species = '''''M. felina'''''
| binomial = ''Melicerona felina''
| binomial = ''Melicerona felina''
| binomial_authority = (Gmelin, 1791)
| binomial_authority = ([[Johann Friedrich Gmelin|Gmelin]], 1791)
| synonyms_ref = <ref name="WoRMS" />
| synonyms_ref = <ref name="WoRMS" />
| synonyms = ''Cypraea felina'' Gmelin, 1791
| synonyms = *''Cypraea felina'' <small>[[Johann Friedrich Gmelin|Gmelin]], 1791</small>
*''Cypraea felina felina'' <small>[[Johann Friedrich Gmelin|Gmelin]], 1791</small>
*''Palmadusta felina'' <small>([[Johann Friedrich Gmelin|Gmelin]], 1791)</small>
*''Palmadusta felina felina'' <small>([[Johann Friedrich Gmelin|Gmelin]], 1791)</small>
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'''''Melicerona felina''''', [[common name]] the '''kitten cowrie''', is a [[species]] of [[sea snail]], a [[cowry]], a marine [[gastropod]] [[mollusk]] in the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Cypraeidae]], the cowries.<ref name="WoRMS">{{WRMS species|529733 |''Melicerona felina'' (Gmelin, 1791)|||WoRMS (2009). Melicerona felina (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through the [[World Register of Marine Species]] at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216818</nowiki> on 14 October 2010}}</ref>
'''''Melicerona felina''''', [[common name]] the '''kitten cowrie''', is a [[species]] of [[sea snail]], a [[cowry]], a marine [[gastropod]] [[mollusk]] in the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Cypraeidae]], the cowries.<ref name="WoRMS">{{WRMS species|529733 |''Melicerona felina'' (Gmelin, 1791)|||WoRMS (2009). Melicerona felina (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through the [[World Register of Marine Species]] at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216818 on 26 April 2011}}</ref>


==Description==
==Description==
''Melicerona felina'' has a shell reaching a size of 10–30&nbsp;mm. Dorsum has a somewhat banded and spotted pattern with a yellow-brown coloration. It lives under coral slabs on leeward intertidal reefs, at a depth of 2–4 m.
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==Distribution==
==Distribution==
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==References==
==References==
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{{Reflist}}
* Verdcourt, B. (1954). ''The cowries of the East African Coast (Kenya, Tanganyika, Zanzibar and Pemba)''. Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society 22(4) 96: 129–144, 17 pls
* Burgess, C.M. (1970). ''The Living Cowries''. AS Barnes and Co, Ltd. Cranbury, New Jersey
* Branch, G.M. et al. (2002). ''Two Oceans''. 5th impression. David Philip, Cape Town & Johannesburg


==External links==
==External links==
* {{Gastropods.com|key=9|id=539|title=''Melicerona felina felina''|access-date=16 January 2019}}
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* [http://eol.org/pages/4854052/details Encyclopedia of Life]
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* [http://www.cypraea.eu/cowry_seashell/cypraea_felina_felina_01.htm Cypraea.eu]
* [http://www.xenophora.org/Iconographie/Cypraeidae/Melicerona%20felina%20felina%202/Melicerona%20felina%20felina%202.html Xenophora]
* [http://www.caledonianseashells.com/product.php?id_product=1682 Caledonian shells]


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Latest revision as of 02:07, 4 March 2021

Melicerona felina
Shell of Melicerona felina from Saudi Arabia at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Cypraeoidea
Family:
Cypraeidae
Genus:
Melicerona
Species:
M. felina
Binomial name
Melicerona felina
(Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cypraea felina Gmelin, 1791
  • Cypraea felina felina Gmelin, 1791
  • Palmadusta felina (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Palmadusta felina felina (Gmelin, 1791)

Melicerona felina, common name the kitten cowrie, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]

Description[edit]

Melicerona felina has a shell reaching a size of 10–30 mm. Dorsum has a somewhat banded and spotted pattern with a yellow-brown coloration. It lives under coral slabs on leeward intertidal reefs, at a depth of 2–4 m.

Distribution[edit]

This species is distributed in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean along Aldabra, Chagos, the Comores, the East Coast of South Africa, Kenya, Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin, Mauritius, Mozambique, Réunion, the Seychelles, Somalia and Tanzania.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Melicerona felina (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  • Verdcourt, B. (1954). The cowries of the East African Coast (Kenya, Tanganyika, Zanzibar and Pemba). Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society 22(4) 96: 129–144, 17 pls
  • Burgess, C.M. (1970). The Living Cowries. AS Barnes and Co, Ltd. Cranbury, New Jersey
  • Branch, G.M. et al. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. David Philip, Cape Town & Johannesburg

External links[edit]

  • "Melicerona felina felina". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  • Encyclopedia of Life
  • Cypraea.eu
  • Xenophora
  • Caledonian shells
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