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| name = ''Cypraeovula edentula''
| image = Cypraeovula edentula 600x600.jpg| image_caption = A lateral view of a [[gastropod shell|shell]] of ''Cypraeovula edentula'', anterior end towards the right
| image = Cypraeovula edentula 600x600.jpg| image_caption = A lateral view of a [[gastropod shell|shell]] of ''Cypraeovula edentula'', anterior end towards the right
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| species = '''''C. edentulata'''''
| species = '''''C. edentulata'''''
| binomial = ''Cypraeovula edentula''
| binomial = ''Cypraeovula edentula''
| binomial_authority = J. E. Gray, 1825
| binomial_authority = [[John Edward Gray|Gray]], 1825
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* ''Cypraea edentula'' J. E. Gray, 1825
*''Cypraea edentula'' <small>[[John Edward Gray|Gray]], 1825</small>
* ''Luponia edentula'' (J. E. Gray, 1825)
*''Luponia edentula'' <small>([[John Edward Gray|Gray]], 1825)</small>
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Cypraeovula edentula
A lateral view of a shell of Cypraeovula edentula, anterior end towards the right
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C. edentulata
Binomial name
Cypraeovula edentula
Gray, 1825
Synonyms.[1]
  • Cypraea edentula Gray, 1825
  • Luponia edentula (Gray, 1825)

Cypraeovula edentulata, common name : the toothless cowrie, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]

Description

Distribution

This marine species is distributed along Tanzania and the East Coast of South Africa.

References

  • Verdcourt, B. (1959). The cowries of the East African Coast: Supplement II. JEANHS XXIII (100): 130-134