Chelycypraea testudinaria
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| Species: | C. testudinaria
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| Chelycypraea testudinaria (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Chelycypraea testudinaria, common name : tortoise cowry, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]
There is one subspecies : Chelycypraea testudinaria ingens Schilder, F.A. & M. Schilder, 1939 [2]
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, Réunion, the Seychelles and Tanzania and in the Pacific Ocean
References
- ^ a b Chelycypraea testudinaria (Linnaeus). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ^ Gastropods.com : Chelycypraea testudinaria ingens; accessed : 23 october 2010
External links
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