Arestorides argus

Arestorides argus
Arestorides argus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Cypraeoidea
Family: Cypraeidae
Genus: Arestorides
Species: A. argus
Binomial name
Arestorides argus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cypraea argus Linnaeus, 1758 (basionym)
  • Lyncina argus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Talparia argus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Arestorides argus , common name : the eyed cowrie, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]

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Subspecies

Two subspecies are recognized :[1]

  • Arestorides argus argus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Arestorides argus contrastriata (Perry, 1811) : common name : pheasant cowrie

Description

Arestorides argus, dorsal and ventral view
Arestorides argus, lateral view

Distribution

This species and its subspecies are distributed in the seas along Aldabra, Chagos, the Comores, Kenya, Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin, Mauritius, Mozambique, Réunion, the Seychelles, Somalia and Tanzania.

References

  1. ^ a b c Arestorides argus (Linnaeus, 1758). WoRMS (2009). Arestorides argus Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216786 on 10 October 2010.

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