Pseudocypraea adamsonii

Pseudocypraea adamsonii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ovulidae, one of the families of cowry allies.[1] The epithet adamsonii commemorates Robert Stephen Adamson.[2]

Pseudocypraea adamsonii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Ovulidae
Genus: Pseudocypraea
Species:
P. adamsonii
Binomial name
Pseudocypraea adamsonii
(Sowerby, 1832)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cypraea adansoni Fischer, 1884
  • Cypraea adansoniana Stoliczka, 1868

References
  1. Pseudocypraea adamsonii (G.B. Sowerby I, 1832) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 January 2019.
  2. Eggli, U.; Newton, L.E. (2004). Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 3. ISBN 978-3-540-00489-9.


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