Callistocypraea nivosa

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Callistocypraea nivosa
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cypraeidae
Genus: Callistocypraea
Species:
C. nivosa
Binomial name
Callistocypraea nivosa
(Broderip, 1827)
Synonyms [1]
  • Cypraea nivosa Broderip, 1827
  • Lyncina nivosa(Broderip, 1827)

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

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Distribution

This species is distributed in the Gulf of Bengal along Myanmar and Thailand and in the Pacific Ocean along Sumatra.[ citation needed ]

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<i>Callistocypraea aurantium</i> Species of gastropod

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References

  1. 1 2 WoRMS. "Callistocypraea nivosa (Broderip, 1827)". World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 23 May 2021.