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Species of gastropod
Schilderina achatidea
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Shell of Schilderina achatidea from
Sicily at the
Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano
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Scientific classification
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Domain:
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Eukaryota
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Kingdom:
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Animalia
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Phylum:
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Mollusca
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Class:
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Gastropoda
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Subclass:
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Caenogastropoda
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Order:
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Littorinimorpha
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Family:
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Cypraeidae
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Genus:
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Schilderina
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Species:
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S. achatidea
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Binomial name
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Schilderina achatidea
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Synonyms
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- Cypraea achatidea Gray in
Sowerby II, 1837
- Cypraea achatidea inopinata (Schilder, 1930)
- Cypraea achatidea var. auricoma Crosse, 1897
- Cypraea achatidea var. elongata Pallary, 1900
- Cypraea achatidea var. globosa Pallary, 1900
- Cypraea achatidea var. lineata Pallary, 1900
- Cypraea achatidea var. major Pallary, 1900
- Cypraea achatidea var. minor Pallary, 1900
- Cypraea achatidea var. nana Crosse, 1897
- Cypraea achatidea var. oranica Crosse, 1897
- Cypraea achatidea var. punctata Pallary, 1900
- Schilderia achatidea (J. E. Gray, 1837)
- Schilderina auricoma (Crosse, 1897)
- Schilderina oranica (Crosse, 1897)
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Schilderina achatidea, common name agate cowry, is a
species of
sea snail, a
cowry, a marine
gastropod
mollusc in the
family
Cypraeidae, the cowries.
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Description
The shell size varies between 22 mm and 50 mm. The dorsum surface is usually brown, while the base is white.
Distribution
This species can be found in the
Mediterranean Sea and in northwestern
Africa.
Subspecies
- Schilderina achatidea achatidea Gray in
Sowerby II, 1837
- Schilderina achatidea inopinata Schilder, 1930
- Schilderina achatidea verdensis (Lorenz, 2017)
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