Annepona mariae

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Annepona mariae
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Annepona mariae shell
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Cypraeoidea
Family:
Cypraeidae
Subfamily:
Genus:
Annepona
Species:
A. mariae
Binomial name
Annepona mariae
(Schilder, 1927)
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Cypraea annulata Gray, J.E., 1825
  • Cypraea mariae Schilder, 1927
  • Cypraea mantellum Walls, J.G. & C.M. Burgess, 1980

Annepona mariae is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1] The species was named after German malacologist Maria Schilder.[3]

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.

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]

References[]

  1. ^ 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 .
  2. ^ a b "Annepona mariae". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  3. ^ "Franz Alfred Schilder | Shellers From the Past and Present". www.conchology.be. Retrieved 2020-05-15.

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