Callistocypraea broderipii is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Cypraeidae |
| Genus: | Callistocypraea |
| Species: | C. broderipii
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| Binomial name | |
| Callistocypraea broderipii (Gray in Sowerby, 1832)
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Description
editCallistocypraea broderipii are typically between 60mm and 90mm in length.[2]
Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Indian Ocean along Madagascar and Mauritius.[citation needed]
References
edit- ^ WoRMS. "Callistocypraea broderipii (J. E. Gray in G. B. Sowerby I, 1832)". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
- ^ "Lyncina broderipii". Conchology.
- Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 644 pp
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