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Staphylaea staphylaea

Species of gastropod

Staphylaea staphylaea
Summary

Species of gastropod

  • Cypraea atrata Gray, J.E., 1825
  • Cypraea deprava Dautzenberg, Ph., 1903
  • Pustularia depravata Dautzenberg, Ph., 1903
  • Cypraea albicilla Sulliotti, G.R., 1924
  • Cypraea expallescens Dautzenberg, Ph. & J.L. Bouge, 1933
  • Staphylaea fortis Coen, G.S., 1949
  • Staphylaea grisea Coen, G.S., 1949
  • Staphylaea lactea Coen, G.S., 1949
  • Staphylaea nitida Coen, G.S., 1949

Staphylaea staphylaea (common name: the stippled cowry) is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.

There is one subspecies : Staphylaea staphylaea laevigata Dautz., 1932. File:Staphylaea staphylaea laevigata 01.jpg|Staphylaea staphylaea laevigata

Description

Shells of ''Staphylaea staphylaea'' from [[Reunion Island]] at the [[Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano]]. Dorsal and ventral view

The shell of Staphylaea staphylaea reaches a size of 7 – 29 mm. It is oval, the dorsum surface is pale greyish with a thin longitudinal line in the middle, many small round protuberances and two brown areas at the extremities. The base is pale brown. The small teeth are extended to both sides of the entire base. In the living cowries the transparent mantle has an orange coloration, with long finger-like projections.

Distribution

Distribution map of ''Staphylaea staphylaea''

This species is distributed in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean along Aldabra, Chagos, the Comores, the East Coast of South Africa, Kenya, Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin, Mauritius, Mozambique, Réunion, the Seychelles, Somalia, South Mozambique, Tanzania and in Polynesia, Australia and Vanuatu.

References

  • Verdcourt, B. (1954). The cowries of the East African Coast (Kenya, Tanganyika, Zanzibar and Pemba). Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society 22(4) 96: 129–144, 17 pls.

References

  1. "''Staphylaea staphylaea staphylaea''".
  2. {{WRMS species. 216890. ''Staphylaea staphylaea'' (Linnaeus)
  3. [http://www.gastropods.com/6/Shell_4416.shtml Gastropods.com : ''Staphylaea staphylaea laevigata'' ], accessed : 23 October 2010
  4. OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums). (29 May 2024). "Occurrence Records: Staphylaea staphylaea (Linnaeus, 1758)".
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