Pseudozonaria arabicula

Pseudozonaria arabicula
Shell of Pseudozonaria arabicula from Panama at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cypraeidae
Genus: Pseudozonaria
Species:
P. arabicula
Binomial name
Pseudozonaria arabicula
(Lamarck, 1811)
Synonyms[1]

Pseudozonaria arabicula, common name : the little Arabian cowry, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1][2]

Description

The shell size varies between 13 mm and 37 mm. The dorsum surface is usually dark brown or greyish, while the base is whitish or pale brown, with large dark brown or blackish spots on the ventral margin.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean along the Galapagos Islands and from Baja California to Peru.[1][3] A record of this species from Kenya[4] likely stems from a confusion with Mauritia arabica (syn. Cypraea arabica).

References

  1. ^ a b c Pseudozonaria arabicula. WoRMS (2009). Pseudozonaria arabicula. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=527792 on 24 January 2011 .
  2. ^ "Pseudozonaria arabicula (Lamarck 1810) - Encyclopedia of Life". eol.org. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Pseudozonaria arabicula". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 24 January 2011.
  4. ^ Copley, H. (1945). List of cowries collected on the Kenyan coast by Colonel Maxwell and friends during July 1944. JEANHS XVII (83&84): 160.


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