Callistocypraea nivosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Cypraeoidea
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]

Description

Distribution

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

References

  1. 1 2 MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Callistocypraea nivosa (Broderip, 1827). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1248583 on 2021-05-23
  • Lorenz, F. (2017). Cowries. A guide to the gastropod family Cypraeidae. Volume 1, Biology and systematics. Harxheim: ConchBooks. 644 pp
  • "Lyncina nivosa". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
  • Broderip, W. J. (1827). Description of some new and rare shells. The Zoological Journal. 3: 81-85


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