Pseudozonaria nigropunctata

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Black-spotted cowry
Cypraeidae - Pseudozonaria nigropunctata.JPG
Shell of Pseudozonaria nigropunctata from Galapagos Islands at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cypraeidae
Genus: Pseudozonaria
Species:
P. nigropunctata
Binomial name
Pseudozonaria nigropunctata
Gray, 1828 [1]
Synonyms
  • Cypraea nigropunctata Gray, 1828 [1]

Pseudozonaria nigropunctata, common name the black-spotted cowry, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.

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Description

Adult shell size varies between 17 mm and 42 mm. The dorsum surface is usually dark brown or greenish, while the base may be pale brown, yellowish or also pinkish, with small dark brown spots on the ventral margin.

Distribution

This species can be found in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador and in northern Peru.

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References

  1. 1 2 Gray, John Edward (1828). "Additions and corrections to a monograph on Cypraea, a genus of testaceous Mollusca". Zoological Journal. 4 (13): 66–88.