Cypraea mauritiana

Taxobox
name = "Cypraea mauritiana"


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Gastropoda
subclassis = Orthogastropoda
infraclassis = Apogastropoda
superordo = Caenogastropoda
ordo = Sorbeoconcha
subordo = Hypsogastropoda
infraordo = Littorinimorpha
superfamilia = Cypraeoidea
familia = Cypraeidae
genus = Cypraea
species = "C. mauritiana"
binomial = "Cypraea mauritiana"
binomial_authority = Linnaeus, 1758

"Cypraea mauritiana", or the humpback cowry, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.

Distribution

This is an Indo-Pacific species: see range map.

Habitat

This species of cowry is normally restricted to exposed habitats such as wave-washed basalt cliffs or breakwaters.