Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Cypraeoidea Genus Staphylaea Phylum Mollusca | Class Gastropoda Family Cypraeidae Scientific name Staphylaea limacina Rank Species | |
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Similar Staphylaea staphylaea, Notadusta punctata, Palmadusta, Talostolida teres, Purpuradusta fimbriata | ||
Staphylaea limacina, common name slug-like cowry, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.
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Description
The shell size varies between 8 mm and 39 mm. This shell is oval, the dorsum surface is usually pale brown or pinkish with whitish spots or small round whitish protuberances and two orange-brown areas at the extremities, while the base is white. In the living cowries the mantle may have a brown, orange or reddish coloration, with paler finger-like projections.
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Southeast Asia, in Australia and in the Indian Ocean along Aldabra, Chagos, the Comores, Kenya, Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin, Mauritius, Mozambique, Réunion, the Seychelles and Tanzania.
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