Cypraeovula castanea

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Cypraeovula castanea
Cypraeovula castanea malani (MNHN-IM-2000-21235).jpeg
Shell of Cypraeovula castanea malani (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
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C. castanea
Binomial name
Cypraeovula castanea
(Higgins, 1868)
Synonyms [1]
  • Cypraea castanea(Higgins, 1868)
  • Cypraea verhoefiBurgess, 1982 (unnecessary substitute name for Luponia castanea, by Burgess treated as a secondary homonym of Cypraea castaneaRöding, 1798)
  • Cypraeovula castaneacastanea (Higgins, 1868)· accepted, alternate representation
  • Luponia castaneaHiggins, 1868 (basionym)

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

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Subspecies

Description

The length of the shell attains 28.9 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Agulhas Bank, South Africa

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References

  1. 1 2 Cypraeovula castanea (Higgins, 1868) . Bouchet, P. (2010). Cypraeovula castanea (Higgins, 1868). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=458730 on 5 June 2010 .