Cribrarula garciai

Cribrarula garciai
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Cypraeidae
Genus:	Cribrarula
Species:	C. garciai
Binomial name
	Cribrarula garciai; Lorenz & Raines, 2001

Cribrarula garciai is a species of sea snails, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.^[2]

Description[]

Cribarula garciai has a leopard print arrangement of colored spots on the of the shell. The spots become white on the dorsum while the background becomes brown. The leopard spots begin to fade on the of the shell.

Distribution[]

Easter Island ( Rapa Nui, Chile)

References[]

^ Lorenz & Raines (2001). La Conchiglia 33 (299) : 27–29. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 5 June 2010.
^ Cribrarula garciai Lorenz & Raines, 2001. WoRMS (2010). Cribrarula garciai Lorenz & Raines, 2001. 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=457766 on 5 June 2010 .

External links[]

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[1] Lorenz & Raines (2001). La Conchiglia 33 (299) : 27–29. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 5 June 2010.

[WoRMS-2] Cribrarula garciai Lorenz & Raines, 2001. WoRMS (2010). Cribrarula garciai Lorenz & Raines, 2001. 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=457766 on 5 June 2010 .

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