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Eglantine Cowry
Mauritia eglantina (Duclos, 1833)

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Gastropoda - gastropods »  order Caenogastropoda »  family Cypraeidae - Cowries »  genus Mauritia

Scientific synonyms

Cypraea eglantia
Cypraea eglantina Duclos, 1833

Other names

= Dog-Rose Cowry
= Elongate Cowry

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Mauritia eglantina - Eglantine Cowry

Mauritia eglantina - Eglantine Cowry

Mauritia eglantina - Eglantine Cowry

Mauritia eglantina - Eglantine Cowry

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Interchangeable taxa

Easy confusion when it comes to identification of Mauritia arabica and M. eglantina:
"Ventral side convex; dorsal side with a small brown blotch beside the spire = M. eglantina. Ventral side flat to concave; dorsal side without a spire blotch = M. arabica.
Source: ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/009/...
Author: George Dvorsky

Similar species

Mauritia arabica (Linnaeus, 1758) - Arabian Cowry
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Links and literature

EN Galli C.: WMSDB - Wolrdwide Mollusc Species Data Base July 10, 2013 [http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/WMSDhome....] [as Mauritia eglantina Duclos, 1833]
Data retrieved on: 23 November 2013
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