| Cypraeovula castanea | |
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| Shell of Cypraeovula castanea malani (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Cypraeidae |
| Genus: | Cypraeovula |
| Species: | C. castanea |
| Binomial name | |
| Cypraeovula castanea (Higgins, 1868) | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Cypraeovula castanea is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries. [1]
The length of the shell attains 28.9 mm.
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This marine species occurs off the Agulhas Bank, South Africa
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