Biology:Staphylaea limacina
| Staphylaea limacina | |
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| Shell of Staphylaea limacina from Philippines 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: | Staphylaea |
| Species: | S. limacina
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| Binomial name | |
| Staphylaea limacina (Lamarck, 1810)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Cypraea limacina Lamarck, 1810 (basionym) | |
Staphylaea limacina, common name slug-like cowry, 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 8 mm and 39 mm. This shell is oval, the dorsum surface is usually pale brown or pinkish with whitish spots or small round whitish protuberances and two orange-brown areas at the extremities, while the base is white. In the living cowries the mantle may have a brown, orange or reddish coloration, with paler finger-like projections.
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Southeast Asia, in Australia and in the Indian Ocean along Aldabra, Chagos, the Comores, Kenya, Madagascar , the Mascarene Basin, Mauritius, Mozambique, Réunion, the Seychelles and Tanzania.
Subspecies
- Staphylaea limacina clarissa Lorenz, 1989
- Staphylaea limacina interstincta (Wood, 1828)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Staphylaea limacina (Lamarck). WoRMS (2009). Staphylaea limacina (Lamarck). Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216892 on 17 October 2010 .
- 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.
External links
- Flmnh
- "Staphylaea limacina limacina" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/8/Shell_68.shtml.
- Cypraea.eu
Wikidata ☰ Q6785633 entry
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