''Eclogavena'' is a
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of
sea snail
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s,
marine
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gastropod
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mollusk
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s in the
family
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Cypraeidae, the cowries.
Species
Species within the genus ''Eclogavena'' include:
*''
Eclogavena coxeni''
(Cox, 1873)
*''
Eclogavena dani''
(Beals, 2002)
*''
Eclogavena dayritiana
''Eclogavena'' is a genus of sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the family (biology), family Cypraeidae, the cowries.
Species
Species within the genus ''Eclogavena'' include:
*''Eclogavena coxeni'' (Cox, 1873)
*''Eclogaven ...
''
(Cate, 1963)
* ''
Eclogavena hesperina''
(Schilder & Summers, 1963)
*''
Eclogavena luchuana''
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, 1960)
*''
Eclogavena quadrimaculata''
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, 1824)
* ''
Eclogavena steineri''
(C. N. Cate, 1969)
References
* Schilder, M. & Schilder, F. A. (1971) A catalogue of living and fossil cowries. A taxonomy and bibliography of Triviacea and Cypraeacea (Gastropoda Prosobranchia). Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Mémoires, Deuxième Series, 85: 1-246
External links
Iredale, T. (1930). Queensland molluscan notes, No. 2. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 10(1): 73-88, pl. 9
Cypraeidae
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