Cypraeovula capensis

Cypraeovula capensis
Cypraeovula capensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Cypraeoidea
Family: Cypraeidae
Genus: Cypraeovula
Species: C. capensis
Binomial name
Cypraeovula capensis
(Gray, 1828)
Synonyms[1]

Cypraea capensis Gray, 1828 (basionym)

Cypraeovula capensis, common name the Cape cowrie, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]

Contents

Subspecies

The following subspecies are accepted :[1]

  • Cypraeovula capensis archilyra Van Heesvelde & Deprez, 2006
  • Cypraeovula capensis capensis (Gray, 1828)
  • Cypraeovula capensis gonubiensis Massier, 1993
  • Cypraeovula capensis gorda Van Heesvelde & Deprez, 2006

Description

Distribution

This species is distributed along the East Coast of South Africa

References

  1. ^ a b c Cypraeovula capensis . WoRMS (2009). Cypraeovula capensis. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225225 on 11 October 2010.

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