Biology:Cypraeovula capensis
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Short description: Species of gastropod
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| Shell of Cypraeovula capensis archilyra (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
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| Species: | C. capensis
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| Cypraeovula capensis (Gray, 1828)[1]
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Cypraeovula capensis, common name the Cape cowrie, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[2]
Subspecies
The following subspecies are accepted :[2]
- Cypraeovula capensis archilyra Van Heesvelde & Deprez, 2006
- Cypraeovula capensis capensis (Gray, 1828)
- Cypraeovula capensis cineracea Aiken, 2016
- Cypraeovula capensis gonubiensis Massier, 1993[3]
- Cypraeovula capensis gorda Van Heesvelde & Deprez, 2006[4]
- Cypraeovula capensis profundorum Seccombe, 2003[5]
Distribution
This marine species occurs off the East Coast of South Africa .
References
- ↑ Gray, John Edward (1828). "Additions and corrections to a monograph on Cypraea, a genus of testaceous Mollusca". Zoological Journal 4 (13): 66–88.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Cypraeovula capensis. WoRMS (2009). Cypraeovula capensis. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225225 on 11 October 2010 .
- ↑ Massier, W. (1993). "Description of a new subspecies of Cypraeovula capensis (Gray, 1828)(Gastropoda: Cypraeidae)". Schriften zur Malakozoologie 6: 21–26, fig. 1, pl. 5.
- ↑ Van Heesvelde, J.; Deprez, J. (2006). "The deepwater subspecies of Cypraeovula capensisGray, 1828 (Gastropoda: Cypraeideae)". Club Conchylia Informationen 37 ((3-4)): 22–28.
- ↑ Seccombe, A. (2003). "A new subspecies of Cypraeovula capensis occurring off the coast of the Eastern Cape, South Africa". Pallidula 33 (2): 9–12.
- Turton W.H. (1932). Marine Shells of Port Alfred, S. Africa. Humphrey Milford, London, xvi + 331 pp., 70 pls.
- Steyn, D.G & Lussi, M. (2005). Offshore Shells of Southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 Gastropods. Published by the authors. Pp. i–vi, 1–289.
Wikidata ☰ Q5200287 entry
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