Cypraea leviathan

Taxobox
name = "Cypraea leviathan"


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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. leviathan"
binomial = "Cypraea leviathan"
binomial_authority = Schilder & Schilder, 1937.

"Cypraea leviathan" is a common cowry that inhabits rocky intertidal areas and caves at depths up to 8m. Three varieties are known:

*"C. leviathan leviathan" (leviathan cowry). Endemic to Hawaii.
*"C. leviathan bouteti" (Boutet's leviathan cowry). Found throughout Polynesia.
*"C. leviathan titan" (titanic cowry). Found throughout the Indian and central Pacific Oceans.

References

Bibliography

* [http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/cowries/CGDPhome.html Cowrie Genetic Database Project]