Schilderina achatidea

Agate cowry
	Shell of Schilderina achatidea from Sicily at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Cypraeoidea
Family:	Cypraeidae
Genus:	Schilderina
Species:	S. achatidea
Binomial name
	Schilderina achatidea; (Gray in Sowerby II, 1837)
Synonyms
	Cypraea achatidea Gray in Sowerby II, 1837; Cypraea achatidea inopinata (Schilder, 1930); Cypraea achatidea var. auricoma Crosse, 1897; Cypraea achatidea var. elongata Pallary, 1900; Cypraea achatidea var. globosa Pallary, 1900; Cypraea achatidea var. lineata Pallary, 1900; Cypraea achatidea var. major Pallary, 1900; Cypraea achatidea var. minor Pallary, 1900; Cypraea achatidea var. nana Crosse, 1897 ; Cypraea achatidea var. oranica Crosse, 1897; Cypraea achatidea var. punctata Pallary, 1900; Schilderia achatidea (J. E. Gray, 1837); Schilderina auricoma (Crosse, 1897); Schilderina oranica (Crosse, 1897);

Schilderina achatidea, common name agate cowry, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.^[1]

Description[edit]

The shell size varies between 22 mm and 50 mm. The dorsum surface is usually brown, while the base is white.

This species can be found in the Mediterranean Sea and in northwestern Africa.

^ MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Schilderina achatidea (Gray, 1837). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1510192 on 2022-05-09

Repetto G., Orlando F. & Arduino G. (2005): Conchiglie del Mediterraneo, Amici del Museo "Federico Eusebio", Alba, Italy
Ricardo Vega Luz Comportamento di Schilderia achatidea in cattività

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