Macrocypraea mammoth

Macrocypraea mammoth, common name the mammoth cowrie, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1][2]

Macrocypraea mammoth
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Cypraeoidea
Family:
Cypraeidae
Genus:
Macrocypraea
Species:
M. mammoth
Binomial name
Macrocypraea mammoth
Simone & Cavallari, 2020

References
  1. Macrocypraea mammoth Simone & Cavallari, 2020. WoRMS (2020). Macrocypraea mammoth. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1416373&from=rss on 06 April 2020 .
  2. Simone, Luiz Ricardo L.; Cavallari, Daniel C. (8 January 2020). "A new species of Macrocypraea (Gastropoda, Cypraeidae) from Trindade Island, Brazil, including phenotypic differentiation from remaining congeneric species". PLOS ONE. 15 (1): e0225963. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0225963.
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