Biology:Melicerona felina
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Short description: Species of gastropod
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| Shell of Melicerona felina from Saudi Arabia at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano | |
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| Species: | M. felina
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| Melicerona felina (Gmelin, 1791)
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Melicerona felina, common name the kitten cowrie, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]
Description
Melicerona felina has a shell reaching a size of 10–30 mm. Dorsum has a somewhat banded and spotted pattern with a yellow-brown coloration. It lives under coral slabs on leeward intertidal reefs, at a depth of 2–4 m.
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean along Aldabra, Chagos, the Comores, the East Coast of South Africa , Kenya, Madagascar , the Mascarene Basin, Mauritius, Mozambique, Réunion, the Seychelles, Somalia and Tanzania.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Melicerona felina (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- Verdcourt, B. (1954). The cowries of the East African Coast (Kenya, Tanganyika, Zanzibar and Pemba). Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society 22(4) 96: 129–144, 17 pls
- Burgess, C.M. (1970). The Living Cowries. AS Barnes and Co, Ltd. Cranbury, New Jersey
- Branch, G.M. et al. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. David Philip, Cape Town & Johannesburg
External links
- "Melicerona felina felina" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/9/Shell_539.shtml.
- Encyclopedia of Life
- Cypraea.eu
- Xenophora
- Caledonian shells
Wikidata ☰ Q3658781 entry
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