''Cypraeovula algoensis'' is a
species
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of
sea snail
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, a
cowry
Cowrie or cowry () is the common name for a group of small to large sea snails, ocean, marine Gastropoda, gastropod Mollusca, mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.
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, a marine
gastropod
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This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk
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in the
family
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Cypraeidae
Cypraeidae, commonly named the cowries ( cowry), is a taxonomic family of small to large sea snails. These are marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Cypraeoidea, the cowries and cowry allies.
Shell description
Cypraeidae have adult shel ...
, the cowries.
Subspecies
* ''Cypraeovula algoensis algoensis''
(Gray, 1825)
* ''Cypraeovula algoensis liltvedi''
Lorenz, 2017
* ''Cypraeovula algoensis namibiensis''
Massier, 2006
* ''Cypraeovula algoensis permarginata''
Lorenz, 1989
Description
Distribution
References
* Chiapponi M. (1999) A conchological intermediate between Cypraeovula edentula and C. algoensis (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Cypraeidae). Schriften zur Malakozoologie 13: 41–42.
* Steyn, D.G & Lussi, M. (2005). Offshore Shells of Southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 Gastropods. Published by the authors. Pp. i–vi, 1–289.
* Lorenz F. , 2017 Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. Volume 1, Biology and systematics
Cypraeidae
Taxa named by John Edward Gray
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