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| A shell of Bernaya teulerei, dorsal view, anterior end towards the right | |
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| Species: | B. teulerei
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| Bernaya teulerei (Cazenavette, 1846)
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Bernaya teulerei, common name : Teulere's Cowrie, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[2]
Bernaya teulerei and Bernaya fultoni are the only two species of the genus Bernaya, belonging to the 'archaic' subfamily Bernaynae. They are considered relics or "living fossils", with numerous rather similar species from the Oligocene.
Description
The shells of these uncommon cowries (one time considered very rare) reach on average 40–48 millimetres (1.6–1.9 in) of length, with a minimum size of 33 millimetres (1.3 in) and a maximum size of 67 millimetres (2.6 in). They are highly variable in pattern. The dorsum surface is not particularly smooth and shiny as commonly occurs in cowries, the basic color is light beige or cream, with irregular dark brown patches on the top and many light brown spots on the sides. The calloused margins are whitish, while the base is white, with a large sinuous aperture with only traces of labial teeth. Bernaya teulerei is externally similar to Bernaya fultoni and Muracypraea mus.
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Distribution
This species is distributed in the Red Sea, in the Gulf of Oman, in the Hormuz Strait) and in the Indian Ocean, along Eritrea and Somalia.
Habitat
These cowries live in intertidal shallow waters mainly on coral reef but also on sandy and muddy sea bed.
References
- ^ Gastropods.com : Barycypraea teulerei; accessed : 23 October 2010
- ^ Bernaya teulerei Caz.. WoRMS (2009). Bernaya teulerei Caz.. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216737 on 23 October 2010 .
- 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
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