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{{Short description|Species of mollusc}}
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{{Taxobox
{{Taxobox
| name = ''Chelycypraea testudinaria''
| image = Chelycypraea testudinaria 01.JPG
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| image_caption = Five views of a [[gastropod shell|shell]] of ''Chelycypraea testudinaria''
| image = Cypraea testudinaria dorsal view.jpg
| image2 = Cypraea testudinaria dorsal view.jpg
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| image_caption = Dorsal view of a shell of ''Chelycypraea testudinaria''
| image2_caption = Dorsal view of a shell of ''Chelycypraea testudinaria''
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| phylum = [[Mollusca]]
| phylum = [[Mollusca]]
| classis = [[Gastropoda]]
| classis = [[Gastropoda]]
| unranked_familia = clade [[Caenogastropoda]]<br />clade [[Hypsogastropoda]]<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 = '''''C. testudinaria'''''
| species = '''''C. testudinaria'''''
| binomial = ''Chelycypraea testudinaria''
| binomial = ''Chelycypraea testudinaria''
| binomial_authority = (Linnaeus, 1758)
| binomial_authority = ([[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]])
| synonyms_ref = <ref name="WoRMS" />
| synonyms_ref =<ref name="WoRMS"/>
| synonyms = *'' Callistocypraea testudinaria'' <small>([[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]])</small>
| synonyms =
*'' Callistocypraea testudinaria'' (Linnaeus)
*''Callistocypraea testudinaria ingens'' <small>Schilder</small>
*''Cypraea testudinaria'' <small>[[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]]</small> ([[basionym]])
* ''Callistocypraea testudinaria ingens'' Schilder
* ''Cypraea testudinaria'' Linnaeus, 1758 ([[basionym]])
*''Cypraea testudinaria ingens'' <small>(Schilder & Schilder)</small>
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*''Cypraea testudinosa'' <small>[[George Perry (naturalist)|Perry]], 1811</small>
* ''Cypraea testudinaria ingens'' (Schilder & Schilder)
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* ''Cypraea testudinosa'' Perry, G., 1811
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}}


'''''Chelycypraea testudinaria''''', common name : '''tortoise cowry''', 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|530893 |''Chelycypraea testudinaria'' (Linnaeus)|||WoRMS (2009). Chelycypraea testudinaria (Linnaeus). Accessed through the [[World Register of Marine Species]] at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=530893 </nowiki> on 11 October 2010}}</ref>
'''''Chelycypraea testudinaria''''', [[common name]] the '''tortoise cowry''', 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|530893 |''Chelycypraea testudinaria'' (Linnaeus)|||WoRMS (2009). Chelycypraea testudinaria (Linnaeus). Accessed through the [[World Register of Marine Species]] at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=530893 on 11 October 2010}}</ref>


There is one subspecies : ''Chelycypraea testudinaria ingens'' Schilder, F.A. & M. Schilder, 1939 <ref> [http://www.gastropods.com/1/Shell_27251.shtml Gastropods.com : ''Chelycypraea testudinaria ingens'']; accessed : 23 october 2010 </ref>
There is one subspecies, ''Chelycypraea testudinaria ingens'' Schilder, F.A. & M. Schilder, 1939 <ref>{{Gastropods.com|key=1|id=27251|title=''Chelycypraea testudinaria ingens''|accessdate=23 October 2010}}</ref>


==Description==
==Description==
The shells of these quite uncommon cowries reach on average {{convert|90|-|110|mm}} of length, with a minimum size of {{convert|75|mm}} and a maximum size of {{convert|142|mm}}. They are variable in pattern and color. The shape is oval or sub-cylindrical, the dorsum surface is smooth and shiny, the basic color is whitish or yellowish and it is covered by very irregular dark brown patches and spots. The margins are white or pale brown, with some large dark dots. The base may be whitish, pale brown or pink, the aperture is long and narrow and the teeth are white, short and fine. In the living animal the mantle is bluish-greyish and almost transparent, while the sensorial papillae are lighter and rather long. The mantle and foot are well developed. The lateral flaps of the mantle can completely hide the dorsum surface.
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||[[File:Cypraeidae - Chelycypraea testudinaria.JPG|thumb|220px|left|A [[gastropod shell|shell]] of ''Chelycypraea testudinaria'', dorsal view, anterior end towards the right]]
||[[File:Cypraeidae - Chelycypraea testudinaria-1.JPG|thumb|220px|left|A [[gastropod shell|shell]] of ''Chelycypraea testudinaria'', lateral view, anterior end towards the right]]
||[[File:Cypraea testudinaria ventral view.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Ventral view of a shell of ''Chelycypraea testudinaria'', anterior end towards the bottom]]
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[[Image:Cypraea testudinaria ventral view.jpg|left|thumb| Ventral view of a shell of ''Chelycypraea testudinaria'', anterior end towards the top]]
==Distribution==
==Distribution==
This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along [[Aldabra]], [[Chagos]], the [[Comores]], [[Kenya]], [[Madagascar]], the [[Mascarene]] Basin, [[Mauritius]], [[Mozambique]], [[Réunion]], the [[Seychelles]] and [[Tanzania]] and in the [[Pacific Ocean]]
This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean and in the [[Pacific Ocean]] along [[Aldabra]], [[Chagos]], the [[Comores]], [[Kenya]], [[Madagascar]], the [[Mascarene]] Basin, [[Mauritius]], [[Mozambique]], [[Réunion]], the [[Seychelles]], [[Zanzibar]] and [[Tanzania]], [[Malaysia]], [[Samar Island]], [[Sulu Sea]], [[Vietnam]] and [[Philippines]] (excluded [[Hawaii]]).

==Habitat==
These cowries live on coral reef, in crevices and beneath large rocks in shallow subtidal waters at {{convert|5|-|15|m}} of depth.


==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Reflist}}
* Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
* 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


==External links==
==External links==
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{{Commons category|Chelycypraea testudinaria}}
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* [http://www.gastropods.com/5/Shell_95.shtml Gastropods]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090601230152/http://www.underwaterkwaj.com/cowry/Chelycypraea-testudinaria.htm Underwater]
* [http://clade.ansp.org/obis/search.php/8371 Clade]

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{{Commonscat|Chelycypraea testudinaria}}
[[Category:Cypraeidae]]
[[Category:Cypraeidae]]
[[Category:Animals described in 1758]]
[[Category:Gastropods described in 1758]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus]]
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Latest revision as of 21:58, 28 December 2023

Chelycypraea testudinaria
Five views of a shell of Chelycypraea testudinaria
Dorsal view of a shell of Chelycypraea testudinaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Cypraeoidea
Family:
Cypraeidae
Subfamily:
Luriinae
Genus:
Chelycypraea
Species:
C. testudinaria
Binomial name
Chelycypraea testudinaria
Synonyms[1]
  • Callistocypraea testudinaria (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Callistocypraea testudinaria ingens Schilder
  • Cypraea testudinaria Linnaeus, 1758 (basionym)
  • Cypraea testudinaria ingens (Schilder & Schilder)
  • Cypraea testudinosa Perry, 1811

Chelycypraea testudinaria, common name the tortoise cowry, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]

There is one subspecies, Chelycypraea testudinaria ingens Schilder, F.A. & M. Schilder, 1939 [2]

Description[edit]

The shells of these quite uncommon cowries reach on average 90–110 millimetres (3.5–4.3 in) of length, with a minimum size of 75 millimetres (3.0 in) and a maximum size of 142 millimetres (5.6 in). They are variable in pattern and color. The shape is oval or sub-cylindrical, the dorsum surface is smooth and shiny, the basic color is whitish or yellowish and it is covered by very irregular dark brown patches and spots. The margins are white or pale brown, with some large dark dots. The base may be whitish, pale brown or pink, the aperture is long and narrow and the teeth are white, short and fine. In the living animal the mantle is bluish-greyish and almost transparent, while the sensorial papillae are lighter and rather long. The mantle and foot are well developed. The lateral flaps of the mantle can completely hide the dorsum surface.

A shell of Chelycypraea testudinaria, dorsal view, anterior end towards the right
A shell of Chelycypraea testudinaria, lateral view, anterior end towards the right
Ventral view of a shell of Chelycypraea testudinaria, anterior end towards the bottom

Distribution[edit]

This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean and in the Pacific Ocean along Aldabra, Chagos, the Comores, Kenya, Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin, Mauritius, Mozambique, Réunion, the Seychelles, Zanzibar and Tanzania, Malaysia, Samar Island, Sulu Sea, Vietnam and Philippines (excluded Hawaii).

Habitat[edit]

These cowries live on coral reef, in crevices and beneath large rocks in shallow subtidal waters at 5–15 metres (16–49 ft) of depth.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Chelycypraea testudinaria (Linnaeus). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  2. ^ "Chelycypraea testudinaria ingens". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 23 October 2010.
  • Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
  • 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

External links[edit]

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