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Eclogavena

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Eclogavena
Dorsal view of a shell of Eclogavena quadrimaculata thielei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Cypraeoidea
Family: Cypraeidae
Genus: Eclogavena
Iredale, 1930
Type species
Cypraea coxeni Cox, 1873

Eclogavena is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]

Species

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Species within the genus Eclogavena include:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Eclogavena Iredale, 1930. WoRMS (2010). Eclogavena Iredale, 1930 In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=530902 on 23 December 2012 .
  • Schilder, M. & Schilder, F. A. (1971) A catalogue of living and fossil cowries. A taxonomy and bibliography of Triviacea and Cypraeacea (Gastropoda Prosobranchia). Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Mémoires, Deuxième Series, 85: 1-246
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