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Cypraeidae - Muracyprea Mus - Venezuela, Amway Bay-2
Cypraeidae, commonly named the cowries ( cowry or cowrie), is a taxonomic family of small to large sea snails. These are marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Cypraeoidea, the cowries and cowry allies. Shell description Cypraeidae have adult shells which are very rounded, almost like an egg; they do not look like a typical gastropod shell. Their glossy, polished, ovate-shaped shells have beautiful patterns in a variety of colors. These patterns, combined with minor variations in shell form, have led some conchologists to recognize 60 genera and hundreds of species and subspecies. In virtually all of the species in the family Cypraeidae, the shells are extremely smooth and shiny. This is because in the living animal, the shell is nearly always fully covered with the mantle. The upper surface is typically convex, while the ventral side is flattened. Typically, no spire is visible in the fully adult shell. There is a long, narrow, aperture that runs along the length of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Talparia Talpa
''Talparia talpa'', common name the mole cowry or chocolate banded cowry, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family (biology), family Cypraeidae, the cowries. Subspecies * ''Talparia talpa lutani'' Bridges, 2015 * ''Talparia talpa talpa'' (Linnaeus, 1758) ;Synonyms: * ''Talparia talpa imperialis'' Schilder, F.A. & M. Schilder, 1938: synonym of ''Talparia talpa'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * ''Talparia talpa var. lewallorum'' Lorenz, 2015: synonym of ''Talparia talpa'' (Linnaeus, 1758) (unavailable name: infrasubspecific rank) * ''Talparia talpa saturata'' (Dautzenberg, Ph., 1903): synonym of ''Talparia talpa'' (Linnaeus, 1758) Description The shells of these quite uncommon cowries reach on average of length, with a minimum size of and a maximum size of . They are very variable in pattern and colour. The dorsum surface is smooth and shiny, the basic color is brown or yellowish brown, with three or four yellow or light brown transversal bands. The margin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
