Carpiscula virginiae

Carpiscula virginiae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Ovulidae, the ovulids, cowry allies or false cowries.[1]

Carpiscula virginiae
Shell of Carpiscula virginiae (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Class:
(unranked):
Superfamily:
Family:
Subfamily:
Genus:
Species:
C. virginiae
Binomial name
Carpiscula virginiae
Lorenz & Fehse, 2009

Distribution

This marine species occurs off RĂ©union.

gollark: There is a lot of political pressure about this sort of thing right now.
gollark: I'm not worried about false positives. I'm worried about the system existing in the first place.
gollark: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-58109748
gollark: I'll find an actual news article on it.
gollark: I don't think our definitions of interesting match.

References

  1. Carpiscula virginiae Lorenz & Fehse, 2009. WoRMS (2009). Carpiscula virginiae Lorenz & Fehse, 2009. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=430630 on 5 June 2010 .
  • Lorenz F. & Fehse D. (2009) The living Ovulidae. A manual of the families of allied cowries: Ovulidae, Pediculariidae and Eocypraeidae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.