Cribrarula esontropia

Cribrarula esontropia is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]

Cribrarula esontropia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Cypraeoidea
Family:
Cypraeidae
Genus:
Cribrarula
Species:
C. esontropia
Binomial name
Cribrarula esontropia
(Duclos, 1833)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cypraea esontropia Duclos, 1833 (basionym)

Subspecies

There are three subspecies recognized :[1]

  • Cribrarula esontropia cribellum (Gaskoin, 1849)
  • Cribrarula esontropia esontropia (Duclos, 1833)
  • Cribrarula esontropia francescoi (Lorenz, 2002)

Description

Distribution

This species is found in the Indian Ocean along Mauritius and the Mascarene Basin.

References
  1. Cribrarula esontropia . WoRMS (2009). Cribrarula esontropia. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=396629 on 14 October 2010 .


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