Cribrarula gaskoini

Cribrarula gaskoini
Cribrarula gaskoini
Cribrarula gaskoini
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Cypraeoidea
Family: Cypraeidae
Subfamily: Erroneinae
Genus: Cribrarula
Species: C. gaskoini
Binomial name
Cribrarula gaskoini
(Reeve, 1846)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cypraea gaskoini Reeve, 1846
  • Cypraea peasei Sowerby, G.B. III, 1870
  • Cribrarula pellucida Taylor, 1916

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

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Description

The shell size varies between 10 mm and 30 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed along Hawaii and the Fiji Islands.

References

  1. ^ a b Cribrarula gaskoini (Reeve, 1846). WoRMS (2009). Cribrarula gaskoini (Reeve, 1846). Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=529735 on 14 October 2010.
  • Burgess, C.M. (1970). The Living Cowries. AS Barnes and Co, Ltd. Cranbury, New Jersey

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