Cribrarula esontropia

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Cribrarula esontropia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cypraeidae
Genus: Cribrarula
Species:
C. esontropia
Binomial name
Cribrarula esontropia
(Duclos, 1833)
Synonyms [1]
  • Cypraea esontropiaDuclos, 1833 (basionym)

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

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Subspecies

There are three subspecies recognized : [1]

Description

Shell size 25 mm.

Distribution

This species is found in the Indian Ocean off Mauritius and the Mascarene Basin.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Cribrarula esontropia . WoRMS (2009). Cribrarula esontropia. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 October 2010 .

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