Zoila friendii | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Family: | Cypraeidae |
Genus: | Zoila |
Species: | Z. friendii |
Binomial name | |
Zoila friendii (J. E. Gray, 1831) | |
Synonyms [1] | |
Cypraea friendii J. E. Gray, 1831 |
Zoila friendii is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries. [1]
The following subspecies have been recognized : [1]
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This species is distributed along Western Australia.
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