Macrocypraea cervinetta

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lexID:: 4100
AphiaID:: 578043

Scientific:: Macrocypraea cervinetta
German:: Kauri-Schnecke
English:: Deer Cowry

Category:: Escargots de mer
Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Cypraeidae (Family) > Macrocypraea (Genus) > cervinetta (Species)
Initial determination:: (Kiener, ), 1844

Occurrence:: Caraïbes, golfe de Californie, Pacifique Est, USA
Size:: 6 cm - 12 cm
Temperature:: °C - 25°C
Food:: algues
Tank:: ~ 50 Liter
Difficulty:: moyen

CITES:: Not evaluated

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2012-02-07 08:41:31
Last edit:: 2012-02-07 08:41:31

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The shells reaches about 40–110 millimetres (1.6–4.3 in) of length, with a width of about 15–50 millimetres (0.59–2.0 in). The shape of this cowry is elongated, its basic colour is light brown, with small whitish ocellated spots on the dorsum and dark brown apertural teeth. The dorsum shows also a few trasversal clearer bands and a longitudinal line.

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Superfamily: Cypraeoidea
Family: Cypraeidae
Subfamily: Cypraeinae
Genus: Macrocypraea
Species: M. cervinetta
Binomial name
Macrocypraea cervinetta
Kiener, 1843

Synonyms
Cypraea cervinetta Kiener, 1843

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