Macrocypraea cervinetta

Macrocypraea cervinetta
	A shell of Macrocypraea cervinetta from Panama, dorsal view, anterior end towards the right
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Cypraeidae
Genus:	Macrocypraea
Species:	M. cervinetta
Binomial name
	Macrocypraea cervinetta; Kiener, 1843
Synonyms
	Cypraea cervinetta Kiener 1843;

Macrocypraea cervinetta, the little deer cowry, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries. ^[1]

Subspecies

Macrocypraea cervinetta californica Lorenz, 2017
Macrocypraea cervinetta cervinetta (Kiener, 1844)

Description

The shells reaches about 40–110 millimetres (1.6–4.3 in) of length, with a width of about 15–50 millimetres (0.59–1.97 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.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Eastern Pacific Ocean from the Gulf of California to Peru including the Galapagos Islands. It is mainly encountered at low tide under corals and rocks.

References

^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Macrocypraea cervinetta (Kiener, 1844)". www.marinespecies.org. Archived from the original on May 28, 2023. Retrieved 2024-01-29.

Lorenz F. & Hubert A. (2000) A guide to worldwide cowries. Edition 2. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 584 pp
A. Myra Keen - Sea shells of tropical West America: marine mollusks from Baja California to Peru - Stanford University Press, 1971

External links

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[WoRMS-1] "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Macrocypraea cervinetta (Kiener, 1844)". www.marinespecies.org. Archived from the original on May 28, 2023. Retrieved 2024-01-29.

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