Biology:Schilderina achatidea

Short description: Species of gastropod

Agate cowry
Shell of Schilderina achatidea from Sicily at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Cypraeoidea
Family:	Cypraeidae
Genus:	Schilderina
Species:	S. achatidea
Binomial name
Schilderina achatidea (Gray in Sowerby II, 1837)
Synonyms
Cypraea achatidea Gray in Sowerby II, 1837 Cypraea achatidea inopinata (Schilder, 1930) Cypraea achatidea var. auricoma Crosse, 1897 Cypraea achatidea var. elongata Pallary, 1900 Cypraea achatidea var. globosa Pallary, 1900 Cypraea achatidea var. lineata Pallary, 1900 Cypraea achatidea var. major Pallary, 1900 Cypraea achatidea var. minor Pallary, 1900 Cypraea achatidea var. nana Crosse, 1897 Cypraea achatidea var. oranica Crosse, 1897 Cypraea achatidea var. punctata Pallary, 1900 Schilderia achatidea (J. E. Gray, 1837) Schilderina auricoma (Crosse, 1897) Schilderina oranica (Crosse, 1897)

Schilderina achatidea, common name agate cowry, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.

Description

The shell size varies between 22 mm and 50 mm. The dorsum surface is usually brown, while the base is white.

Distribution

This species can be found in the Mediterranean Sea and in northwestern Africa.

Distribution

Subspecies

• Schilderina achatidea achatidea Gray in Sowerby II, 1837
• Schilderina achatidea inopinata Schilder, 1930
• Schilderina achatidea verdensis (Lorenz, 2017)

References

• Repetto G., Orlando F. & Arduino G. (2005): Conchiglie del Mediterraneo, Amici del Museo "Federico Eusebio", Alba, Italy
• Ricardo Vega Luz Comportamento di Schilderia achatidea in cattività

External links

• "Schilderia achatidea achatidea" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/9/Shell_519.shtml. 
• Biolib
• Cypraea.eu

Wikidata ☰ Q6785115 entry