Cribrarula esontropia 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: | Cribrarula |
| Species: | C. esontropia
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| Cribrarula esontropia (Duclos, 1833)
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Subspecies
editThere are three subspecies recognized :[1]
- Cribrarula esontropia cribellum (Gaskoin, 1849)
- Cribrarula esontropia esontropia (Duclos, 1833)
- Cribrarula esontropia francescoi (Lorenz, 2002)
Description
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Distribution
editThis species is found in the Indian Ocean off Mauritius and the Mascarene Basin.
References
edit- ^ a b c Cribrarula esontropia. WoRMS (2009). Cribrarula esontropia. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 October 2010 .
- Lorenz, F., 2002. New worldwide cowries. Descriptions of new taxa and revisions of selected groups of living Cypraeidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Schriften zur Malakozoologie 20: 292 pp
External links
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