Annepona mariae

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Annepona mariae
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Annepona mariae shell
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Cypraeoidea
Family:
Cypraeidae
Subfamily:
Luriinae
Genus:
Annepona
Species:
A. mariae
Binomial name
Annepona mariae
(Schilder, 1927)
Synonyms [1] [2]
  • Cypraea annulataGray, J.E., 1825
  • Cypraea mariaeSchilder, 1927
  • Cypraea mantellumWalls, J.G. & C.M. Burgess, 1980
  • Pustularia mariaeSchilder, 1927 (original combination)

Annepona mariae is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries. [1] The species was named after German malacologist Maria Schilder. [3]

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Description

The oval, porcellaneous shell is 9–20 mm in size. It is white in color with small yellow or olive blotches in a ring on the dorsum and on the sides. The extremities of the shell are hardly produced.

Distribution

This species occurs from eastern Africa to northern Australia, the Philippines, the central Pacific Ocean, including the Solomons, Tonga, Hawaii and the Tuamotu Archipelago. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Annepona mariae . WoRMS (2010). Annepona mariae. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.eu/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=391309 on 19 October 2010 .
  2. 1 2 "Annepona mariae". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  3. ↑ "Franz Alfred Schilder | Shellers From the Past and Present". www.conchology.be. Retrieved 2020-05-15.
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