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Callistocypraea nivosa

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Callistocypraea nivosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cypraeidae
Genus: Callistocypraea
Species:
C. nivosa
Binomial name
Callistocypraea nivosa
(Broderip, 1827)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cypraea nivosa Broderip, 1827
  • Lyncina nivosa (Broderip, 1827)

Callistocypraea nivosa is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]

Distribution

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This species is distributed in the Gulf of Bengal along Myanmar and Thailand and in the Pacific Ocean along Sumatra.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ a b WoRMS. "Callistocypraea nivosa (Broderip, 1827)". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  • Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 644 pp
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