Pseudozonaria annettae

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Pseudozonaria annettae
Cypraea annettae - Nicaragua.JPG
A shell of Pseudozonaria annettae from Nicaragua, anterior end towards the right
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cypraeidae
Genus: Pseudozonaria
Species:
P. annettae
Binomial name
Pseudozonaria annettae
Dall, 1909
Synonyms
  • Cypraea annettae Dall, 1909

Pseudozonaria annettae is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.

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Description

The shell of this species reaches 20–50 millimetres (0.79–1.97 in) of length.

Distribution and habitat

This species and its subspecies are found in the Gulf of California and in the seas along Western Mexico and Peru. They can be found under rocks in 8–10 meters of water.

Subspecies

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