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'''''Chelycypraea testudinaria''''', common name : '''tortoise |
'''''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> |
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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> [http://www.gastropods.com/1/Shell_27251.shtml Gastropods.com : ''Chelycypraea testudinaria ingens'']; accessed : 23 october 2010 </ref> |
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Chelycypraea testudinaria (Linnaeus, 1758)
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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 Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]
There is one subspecies : Chelycypraea testudinaria ingens Schilder, F.A. & M. Schilder, 1939 [2]
Description
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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
References
- ^ a b Chelycypraea testudinaria (Linnaeus). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ^ Gastropods.com : Chelycypraea testudinaria ingens; accessed : 23 october 2010
External links
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