Callistocypraea broderipii

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Callistocypraea broderipii
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cypraeidae
Genus: Callistocypraea
Species:
C. broderipii
Binomial name
Callistocypraea broderipii
(Gray in Sowerby, 1832)
Synonyms
  • Cypraea broderipii Gray in Sowerby, 1832
  • Lyncina broderipii(Gray, 1832)

Callistocypraea broderipii is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries. [1]

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Description

Callistocypraea broderipii are typically between 60mm and 90mm in length. [2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean along Madagascar and Mauritius.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. WoRMS. "Callistocypraea broderipii (J. E. Gray in G. B. Sowerby I, 1832)". World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  2. "Lyncina broderipii". Conchology.