Chelycypraea testudinaria
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| Chelycypraea testudinaria (Linnaeus, 1758)
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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 Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]
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, Reunion, the Seychelles and Tanzania.
References
- ^ a b Chelycypraea testudinaria (Linnaeus). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
External links
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