Pseudozonaria nigropunctata: Difference between revisions

Black-spotted cowry
	Shell of Pseudozonaria nigropunctata from Galapagos Islands at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Cypraeidae
Genus:	Pseudozonaria
Species:	P. nigropunctata
Binomial name
	Pseudozonaria nigropunctata; Gray, 1828
Synonyms
	Cypraea nigropunctata Gray, 1828;

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Pseudozonaria nigropunctata, common name the black-spotted cowry, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.

Description[edit]

Adult shell size varies between 17 mm and 42 mm. The dorsum surface is usually dark brown or greenish, while the base may be pale brown, yellowish or also pinkish, with small dark brown spots on the ventral margin.

Distribution[edit]

This species can be found in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador and in northern Peru.

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b Gray, John Edward (1828). "Additions and corrections to a monograph on Cypraea, a genus of testaceous Mollusca". Zoological Journal. 4 (13): 66–88.

Keen M. (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine mollusks from Baja California to Perú, ed. 2. Stanford University Press. 1064 pp.
WoRMS
"Pseudozonaria nigropunctata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.

External links[edit]

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[Gray1828-1] Gray, John Edward (1828). "Additions and corrections to a monograph on Cypraea, a genus of testaceous Mollusca". Zoological Journal. 4 (13): 66–88.

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 | name = Black-spotted cowry
 | image = Cypraeidae - Pseudozonaria nigropunctata.JPG
-| image_width = 250px
 | image_caption = Shell of ''Pseudozonaria nigropunctata'' from [[Galapagos Islands]] at the [[Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano]]
-| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
+| genus = Pseudozonaria
+| species = nigropunctata
-| phylum = [[Mollusca]]
+| authority = [[John Edward Gray|Gray]], 1828<ref name="Gray1828">{{cite journal |last1=Gray |first1=John Edward |title=Additions and corrections to a monograph on Cypraea, a genus of testaceous Mollusca |journal=Zoological Journal |date=1828 |volume=4 |issue=13 |pages=66–88}}</ref>
-| classis = [[Gastropoda]]
+| synonyms = *''Cypraea nigropunctata'' <small>[[John Edward Gray|Gray]], 1828</small><ref name="Gray1828"/>
-| unranked_superfamilia = clade [[Caenogastropoda]]<br />clade [[Littorinimorpha]]
-| superfamilia = [[Cypraeoidea]]
-| familia = [[Cypraeidae]]
-| genus = ''[[Pseudozonaria]]''
-| subgenus =
-| species = '''''P. nigropunctata'''''
-| binomial = ''Pseudozonaria nigropunctata''
-| binomial_authority = [[John Edward Gray|Gray]], 1828
-| synonyms =
-* ''Cypraea nigropunctata'' Gray, 1828
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 ==Description==
-Adult shell size varies between 17 mm and 42 mm. The dorsum surface is usually dark brown or greenish, while the base may be pale brown, yellowish or also pinkish, with small dark brown spots on the ventral margin.
+Adult shell size varies between 17&nbsp;mm and 42&nbsp;mm. The dorsum surface is usually dark brown or greenish, while the base may be pale brown, yellowish or also pinkish, with small dark brown spots on the ventral margin.
 ==Distribution==
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 ==References==
+{{Reflist}}
 * Keen M. (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine mollusks from Baja California to Perú, ed. 2. Stanford University Press. 1064 pp.
 * [http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=580703 WoRMS]
+* {{Gastropods.com|key=8|id=518|title=''Pseudozonaria nigropunctata''|access-date=16 January 2019}}
-* [http://www.gastropods.com/8/Shell_518.shtml Gastropods]
 ==External links==
-* [http://140.247.232.200/pages/593738/overview Encyclopedia of life]
+* [https://archive.today/20130114203126/http://140.247.232.200/pages/593738/overview Encyclopedia of life]
-* [http://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id143003/ Biolib]
+* [https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id143003/ Biolib]
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 [[Category:Cypraeidae]]
-[[Category:Molluscs described in 1828]]
+[[Category:Gastropods described in 1828]]
-[[Category:Molluscs described in 1828]]
+[[Category:Taxa named by John Edward Gray]]