Cribrarula garciai
| Cribrarula garciai | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Cypraeidae |
| Genus: | Cribrarula |
| Species: | C. garciai
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| Binomial name | |
| Cribrarula garciai Lorenz & Raines, 2001[1]
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Cribrarula garciai is a species of sea snails, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[2]
Description
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Cribarula garciai has a leopard print arrangement of colored spots on the dorsal face of the shell. The spots become white on the dorsum while the background becomes brown. The leopard spots begin to fade on the ventral face of the shell.
Distribution
Easter Island ( Rapa Nui, Chile)
References
- ^ Lorenz & Raines (2001). La Conchiglia 33 (299) : 27–29. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 5 June 2010.
- ^ Cribrarula garciai Lorenz & Raines, 2001. WoRMS (2010). Cribrarula garciai Lorenz & Raines, 2001. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.eu/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=457766 on 5 June 2010 .
External links
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