Pseudozonaria annettae

Pseudozonaria annettae
	A shell of Pseudozonaria annettae from Nicaragua
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Cypraeoidea
Family:	Cypraeidae
Genus:	Pseudozonaria
Species:	P. annettae
Binomial name
	Pseudozonaria annettae; Dall, 1909
Synonyms
	Cypraea annettae W. H. Dall, 1909 ;

Pseudozonaria annettae is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.

Description

The shell of this species reaches 20–50 millimetres (0.79–1.97 in) of length.

Distribution adn habitat

This species and its subspecies are found in the Sea of Cortez and in the seas along Western Mexico and Peru. They can be found under rocks in 8-10 meters of water.

Subspecies

Pseudozonaria annettae aequinoctialis Schilder, 1933
Pseudozonaria annettae annettae Dall, 1909

References

Lorenz F. & Hubert A. (2000) A guide to worldwide cowries. Edition 2. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 584 pp
Burgess: The Living Cowries, 1970

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