Cypraea pantherina
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| A shell of Cypraea pantherina, anterior end towards the bottom | |
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| Species: | C. pantherina
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| Cypraea pantherina Lightfoot, 1786
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Cypraea pantherina, commonly known as the panther cowry, is a species of large tropical sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.
The panther cowry is found on the ocean floor in the Red Sea and Mediterranean Sea. [1] Shells of Cypraea pantherina have been found tombs in the Rhine valley dated to 6 BCE. [2]
This species is related to, and looks very similar to Cypraea tigris.
Subspecies and formae
- Cypraea pantherina pantherina Lightfoot, 1786 [3]
- Cypraea pantherina rasnasraniensis Heiman & Mienis, 2001 [8]
References
- ^ Gofas S & Zenetos A . (2003). Exotic Molluscs in the Mediterranean Basin: Current status and perspectives. In: Gibson R N & Atkinson R J A Oceanography and Marine Biology; An Annual Review Volume 41. London : Taylor & Francis. p.240 ISBN 0-203-23081-7 (PDF format) ISBN 0-415-25463-9 (print edition)
- ^ Plouin, S.. ((2004)). Relation précoce avec le Picenum: une cyprée (Cypraea pantherina) de l’Océan indien dans une tombe aristocratique hallstattienne d’Alsace (Nordhouse, Bas-Rhin, France). Preistoria Alpina. ,v. 40 (Suppl. 1), pp. 101-106. ISSN 0393-0157
- ^ Gastropods.com : Cypraea pantherina pantherina; accessed : 21 October 2010
- ^ Gastropods.com : Cypraea pantherina pantherina albonitens; accessed : 21 October 2010
- ^ Gastropods.com : Cypraea pantherina pantherina catulus; accessed : 21 October 2010
- ^ Gastropods.com : Cypraea pantherina pantherina funebralis; accessed : 21 October 2010
- ^ : Cypraea pantherina pantherina nigrovinosa; accessed : 21 October 2010
- ^ Gastropods.com : Cypraea pantherina rasnasraniensis; accessed : 21 October 2010
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