Callistocypraea broderipii

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Callistocypraea broderipii is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]

Callistocypraea broderipii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cypraeidae
Genus: Callistocypraea
Species:
C. broderipii
Binomial name
Callistocypraea broderipii
(Gray in Sowerby, 1832)
Synonyms
  • Cypraea broderipii Gray in Sowerby, 1832
  • Lyncina broderipii (Gray, 1832)

Description

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Callistocypraea broderipii are typically between 60mm and 90mm in length.[2]

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Indian Ocean along Madagascar and Mauritius.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ WoRMS. "Callistocypraea broderipii (J. E. Gray in G. B. Sowerby I, 1832)". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Lyncina broderipii". Conchology.
  • Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 644 pp