Cypraeovula edentula

Cypraeovula edentula
	A lateral view of a shell of Cypraeovula edentula, anterior end towards the right
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Cypraeoidea
Family:	Cypraeidae
Genus:	Cypraeovula
Species:	C. edentulata
Binomial name
	Cypraeovula edentula; Gray, 1825
Synonyms.
	Cypraea edentula Gray, 1825; Luponia edentula (Gray, 1825);

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Cypraeovula edentulata, common name : the toothless cowrie, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.^[1]

Description

Distribution

This marine species is distributed along Tanzania and the East Coast of South Africa.

References

^ ^a ^b Cypraeovula edentula Gray. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.

Verdcourt, B. (1959). The cowries of the East African Coast: Supplement II. JEANHS XXIII (100): 130–134

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[WoRMS-1] Cypraeovula edentula Gray. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.

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