Pseudocypraea exquisita
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Ovulidae
Genus: Pseudocypraea
Species:
P. exquisita
Binomial name
Pseudocypraea exquisita
Petuch, 1979

Pseudocypraea exquisita is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, one of the families of cowry allies.[1]

Description

Original description: (Shell) "thin, small, ovately pyriform; dorsum humped; body whorl with numerous fine, evenly spaced spiral threads; outer lip thickened, smooth, shiny; anterior and posterior terminals well produced, prominent; aperture narrow; columella and base smooth and polished; outer lip with 20 well developed teeth; columella with 24 fine teeth; posterior 5 labial teeth more developed than the others, projecting beyond lip margin; color pale tan with large, irregular patches of wine-red; base white with 2 pale red bands."[2]

Distribution

Locus typicus: "250 metres depth, off Panglao, Bohol Isl., Philippines."[3]

References

  1. ↑ Pseudocypraea exquisita Petuch, 1979. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 January 2019.
  2. ↑ Petuch, E.J. 1979-Twelve new Indo-Pacific gastropods, Nemouria Vol. 23, page 6.
  3. ↑ Petuch, E.J. 1979-Twelve new Indo-Pacific gastropods, Nemouria Vol. 23, page 6.


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