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Macrocypraea mammoth

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Macrocypraea mammoth
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cypraeidae
Genus: Macrocypraea
Species:
M. mammoth
Binomial name
Macrocypraea mammoth
Simone & Cavallari, 2020

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]

References

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  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. Bibcode:2020PLoSO..1525963S. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0225963. PMC 6948752. PMID 31914132.