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Cypraeovula cruickshanki

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Species of gastropod

Cypraeovula cruickshanki
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cypraeidae
Genus: Cypraeovula
Species: C. cruickshanki
Binomial name
Cypraeovula cruickshanki
(Kilburn, 1972)
Synonyms
  • Cypraea cruickshanki Kilburn, 1972

Cypraeovula cruickshanki is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.

Description

This globular species attains a size of 30 mm.

Distribution

Durban, at 430 m. depth.

References

  1. ^ Kilburn, R. N. (1972). "A new cowry from deep water off Natal, with notes on allied species(Mollusca: Gastropoda: Cypraeidae)". Durban Museum Novitates. 9 (14): 209–216, pls. 1–2.
Taxon identifiers
Cypraeovula cruickshanki


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