Staphylaea staphylaea

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Staphylaea staphylaea
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Staphylaea staphylaea shell
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cypraeidae
Genus: Staphylaea
Species:
S. staphylaea
Binomial name
Staphylaea staphylaea
Synonyms [1] [2]
  • Cypraea staphylaeaLinnaeus, 1758 (basionym)
  • Cypraea atrataGray, J.E., 1825
  • Cypraea depravaDautzenberg, Ph., 1903
  • Pustularia depravataDautzenberg, Ph., 1903
  • Cypraea albicillaSulliotti, G.R., 1924
  • Cypraea expallescensDautzenberg, Ph. & J.L. Bouge, 1933
  • Staphylaea fortisCoen, G.S., 1949
  • Staphylaea griseaCoen, G.S., 1949
  • Staphylaea lacteaCoen, G.S., 1949
  • Staphylaea nitidaCoen, G.S., 1949

Staphylaea staphylaea (common name: the stippled cowry) is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries. [1]

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There is one subspecies : Staphylaea staphylaea laevigata Dautz., 1932. [3]

Description

Shells of Staphylaea staphylaea from Reunion Island at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano. Dorsal and ventral view Cypraeidae - Staphylaea staphylaea.JPG
Shells of Staphylaea staphylaea from Reunion Island at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano. Dorsal and ventral view

The shell of Staphylaea staphylaea reaches a size of 7 – 29 mm. It is oval, the dorsum surface is pale greyish with a thin longitudinal line in the middle, many small round protuberances and two brown areas at the extremities. The base is pale brown. The small teeth are extended to both sides of the entire base. In the living cowries the transparent mantle has an orange coloration, with long finger-like projections.

Distribution

Distribution map of Staphylaea staphylaea Wyst-staphylaea.jpg
Distribution map of Staphylaea staphylaea

This species is distributed in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean along Aldabra, Chagos, the Comores, the East Coast of South Africa, Kenya, Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin, Mauritius, Mozambique, Réunion, the Seychelles, Somalia, South Mozambique, Tanzania and in Polynesia, Australia and Vanuatu. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 Staphylaea staphylaea (Linnaeus) . WoRMS (2009). Staphylaea staphylaea (Linnaeus). Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216890 on 23 October 2010 .
  2. ↑ "Staphylaea staphylaea staphylaea". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 23 October 2010.
  3. ↑ Gastropods.com : Staphylaea staphylaea laevigata, accessed : 23 October 2010
  4. ↑ OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) (29 May 2024). "Occurrence Records: Staphylaea staphylaea (Linnaeus, 1758)". OZCAM. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
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