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Cypraeovula capensis

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Kingdom
  
Superfamily
  
Cypraeoidea

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Scientific name
  
Cypraeovula capensis

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Species

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Cypraeovula, Cypraeovula fuscorubra, Notocypraea angustata, Pseudozonaria annettae, Pseudozonaria arabicula

Cypraeovula capensis, common name the Cape cowrie, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.

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Subspecies

The following subspecies are accepted :

  • Cypraeovula capensis archilyra Van Heesvelde & Deprez, 2006
  • Cypraeovula capensis capensis (Gray, 1828)
  • Cypraeovula capensis gonubiensis Massier, 1993
  • Cypraeovula capensis gorda Van Heesvelde & Deprez, 2006
  • Distribution

    This species is distributed along the East Coast of South Africa

    References

    Cypraeovula capensis Wikipedia


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