Annepona mariae
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| Annepona mariae | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Cypraeoidea |
| Family: | Cypraeidae |
| Subfamily: | Luriinae |
| Genus: | Annepona |
| Species: | A. mariae |
| Binomial name | |
| Annepona mariae (Schilder, 1927) |
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Annepona mariae is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]
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[edit] Description
The oval, porcellaneous shell is 9-20 mm in size. It is white in color with small yellow or olive blotches in a ring on the dorsum and on the sides. The extremities of the shell are hardly produced.
[edit] Distribution
This species occurs from eastern Africa to northern Australia, the Philippines, the central Pacific Ocean, including the Solomons, Tonga, Hawaii and the Tuamotu Archipelago. [2]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Annepona mariae . WoRMS (2010). Annepona mariae. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.eu/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=391309 on 19 October 2010.
- ^ a b gastropods.com
