Cribrarula esontropia

Cribrarula esontropia
Cribrarula esontropia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Cypraeoidea
Family: Cypraeidae
Genus: Cribrarula
Species: C. esontropia
Binomial name
Cribrarula esontropia
(Duclos, 1833)
Synonyms[1]

Cypraea esontropia Duclos, 1833 (basionym)

Cribrarula esontropia is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]

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Subspecies

There are two subspecies recognized :[1]

  • Cribrarula esontropia esontropia (Duclos, 1833)
  • Cribrarula esontropia francescoi Lorenz, 2002

Description

Distribution

This species is found in the Indian Ocean along Mauritius and the Mascarene Basin.

References

  1. ^ a b c Cribrarula esontropia . WoRMS (2009). Cribrarula esontropia. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=396629 on 14 October 2010.

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