''Cuspivolva tigris'', known commonly as the Tiger egg cowry, is a
species of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
, a marine
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk in the
family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.
Description
The adult size is about 1.5 cm length.
The
shell is yellow to orange and as an oblong shape marked with lateral fine grooves.
The mantle can cover entirely the shell and its colour is yellowish to orange with lateral lines outlined with white.
The foot has the colouration as the mantle with small black dots.
Distribution
The Tiger egg cowry is widespread throughout the
tropical waters of the
Indo-Pacific
The Indo-Pacific is a vast biogeographic region of Earth.
In a narrow sense, sometimes known as the Indo-West Pacific or Indo-Pacific Asia, it comprises the tropical waters of the Indian Ocean, the western and central Pacific Ocean, and the ...
region.
References
External links
*http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=430739
Ovulidae
Gastropods described in 1971
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