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'''''Chelycypraea testudinaria''''', common name : '''tortoise 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|216744|''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=216744</nowiki> on 11 October 2010}}</ref>
'''''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>


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
Dorsal view of a shell of Chelycypraea testudinaria
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C. testudinaria
Binomial name
Chelycypraea testudinaria
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms[1]
  • Callistocypraea testudinaria (Linnaeus)
  • Callistocypraea testudinaria ingens Schilder
  • Cypraea testudinaria Linnaeus, 1758 (basionym)
  • Cypraea testudinaria ingens (Schilder & Schilder)
  • Cypraea testudinosa Perry, G., 1811

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

Ventral view of a shell of Chelycypraea testudinaria, anterior end towards the top

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

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