Biology:Cribrarula gaskoini
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Short description: Species of gastropod
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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. gaskoini
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| Cribrarula gaskoini (Reeve, 1846)
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Cribrarula gaskoini is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]
Description
The shell size varies between 10 mm and 30 mm
Distribution
This species is distributed along Hawaii and the Fiji Islands.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Cribrarula gaskoini (Reeve, 1846). WoRMS (2009). Cribrarula gaskoini (Reeve, 1846). Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=529735 on 14 October 2010 .
- Burgess, C.M. (1970). The Living Cowries. AS Barnes and Co, Ltd. Cranbury, New Jersey
- Schilder, M. and Schilder, F. A. 1971. A Catalogue of Living and Fossil Cowries. Taxonomy and Bibliography of Triviacea and Cypraeacea (Gastropoda Prosobranchia). Institut Royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Mémoires, Deuxième Série, Fasc. 85: 246 pp. page(s): 56
- Lorenz & Hubert (2000). A guide to worldwide cowries. ConchBooks 1–584 page(s): 182
- Lorenz F. (2002) New worldwide cowries. Descriptions of new taxa and revisions of selected groups of living Cypraeidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Schriften zur Malakozoologie aus dem Haus der Natur-Cismar 20: 1–292, pls 1–40. page(s): 267
External links
- "Cribrarula gaskoinii" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/1/Shell_551.shtml.
Wikidata ☰ Q3002573 entry
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