Biology:Eclogavena coxeni

Short description: Species of gastropod

Eclogavena coxeni
Shell of Eclogavena coxeni from Solomon Islands 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:	Eclogavena
Species:	E. coxeni
Binomial name
Eclogavena coxeni (Cox, 1873)
Synonyms
Blasicrura coxeni (Cox, 1873) Cypraea coxeni Cox, 1873

Eclogavena coxeni, common name Cox's cowrie, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.

Description

Eclogavena coxeni has a shell reaching a length of 14–32 mm.

Distribution

This species can be found in New Guinea, Solomon Islands.

References

• WoRMS
• Encyclopedia of Life
• Biolib
• "Eclogavena coxeni" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/9/Shell_499.shtml. 

External links

• Conchology

Wikidata ☰ Q5333057 entry