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Macrocypraea cervinetta

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lexID:
4100 
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 
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Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
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Last edit:
2012-02-07 08:41:31 

Husbandry

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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