Staphylaea limacina

Staphylaea limacina
Staphylaea limacina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Cypraeoidea
Family: Cypraeidae
Genus: Staphylaea
Species: S. limacina
Binomial name
Staphylaea limacina
(Lamarck, 1810)
Synonyms[1]

Cypraea limacina Lamarck, 1810 (basionym)

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

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Description

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along Aldabra, Chagos, the Comores, Kenya, Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin, Mauritius, Mozambique, Réunion, the Seychelles and Tanzania.

References

  1. ^ a b Staphylaea limacina (Lamarck). WoRMS (2009). Staphylaea limacina (Lamarck). Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216892 on 17 October 2010.
  • Verdcourt, B. (1954). The cowries of the East African Coast (Kenya, Tanganyika, Zanzibar and Pemba). Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society 22(4) 96: 129-144, 17 pls.

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