Eclogavena coxeni, common name Cox's cowrie, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.
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| Shell of Eclogavena coxeni from Solomon Islands at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Cypraeidae |
| Genus: | Eclogavena |
| Species: | E. coxeni
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| Binomial name | |
| Eclogavena coxeni (Cox, 1873)
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Description
editEclogavena coxeni has a shell reaching a length of 14–32 mm.
Distribution
editThis species can be found in New Guinea, Solomon Islands.
References
edit- WoRMS
- Encyclopedia of Life
- Biolib
- "Eclogavena coxeni". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
External links
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