Scientific name Arestorides argus Rank Species | ||
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Similar Lyncina carneola, Lyncina, Mauritia mauritiana, Mauritia histrio, Chelycypraea testudinaria | ||
Arestorides argus, common name : the eyed cowrie, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.
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Subspecies
Two subspecies are recognized :
Distribution
This species and its subspecies are distributed in the seas off Aldabra, Chagos, the Comores, Kenya, Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin, Mauritius, Mozambique, Réunion, the Seychelles, Somalia and Tanzania.
References
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