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Cribrarula esontropia

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Cypraeidae

Scientific name
  
Cribrarula esontropia

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Superfamily
  
Cypraeoidea

Genus
  
Cribrarula

Rank
  
Species

Similar
  
Cribrarula, Pseudozonaria arabicula, Cribrarula cribraria, Bistolida ursellus, Pseudozonaria annettae

Cribrarula esontropia is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.

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Subspecies

There are two subspecies recognized :

  • Cribrarula esontropia esontropia (Duclos, 1833)
  • Cribrarula esontropia francescoi Lorenz, 2002
  • Distribution

    This species is found in the Indian Ocean along Mauritius and the Mascarene Basin.

    References

    Cribrarula esontropia Wikipedia