Callistocypraea nivosa is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]
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Description edit
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Distribution edit
This species is distributed in the Gulf of Bengal along Myanmar and Thailand and in the Pacific Ocean along Sumatra.
References edit
- ^ a b 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
External links edit
- "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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