Schilderina achatidea

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Schilderina achatidea
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Shell of Schilderina achatidea from Sicily at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cypraeidae
Genus: Schilderina
Species:
S. achatidea
Binomial name
Schilderina achatidea
(Gray in Sowerby II, 1837)
Synonyms
  • Cypraea achatideaGray in Sowerby II, 1837
  • Cypraea achatidea inopinata(Schilder, 1930)
  • Cypraea achatidea var. auricomaCrosse, 1897
  • Cypraea achatidea var. elongataPallary, 1900
  • Cypraea achatidea var. globosaPallary, 1900
  • Cypraea achatidea var. lineataPallary, 1900
  • Cypraea achatidea var. majorPallary, 1900
  • Cypraea achatidea var. minorPallary, 1900
  • Cypraea achatidea var. nana Crosse, 1897
  • Cypraea achatidea var. oranicaCrosse, 1897
  • Cypraea achatidea var. punctataPallary, 1900
  • Schilderia achatidea(J. E. Gray, 1837)
  • Schilderina auricoma(Crosse, 1897)
  • Schilderina oranica(Crosse, 1897)

Schilderina achatidea, common name agate cowry, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries. [1]

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Description

The shell size varies between 22 mm and 50 mm. The dorsum surface is usually brown, while the base is white.

Distribution

This species can be found in the Mediterranean Sea and in northwestern Africa.

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Distribution

Subspecies

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References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Schilderina achatidea (Gray, 1837). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1510192 on 2022-05-09