| Cypraea chinensis | |
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| Live Cypraea chinensis with mantle partly extended, head end to the left | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda |
| Family: | Cypraeidae |
| Genus: | Cypraea |
| Species: | C. chinensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Cypraea chinensis Gmelin, 1791 |
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Cypraea chinensis, common name the Chinese cowrie, is a species of cowry, a sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.
This species is found throughout the Pacific, in waters deeper than 40 feet. The Chinese cowry is active at night and hides in cracks and crevices during the day.
References
http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/good-bad/cowrie.html
External links
- Good guys& Bad guys Hawaii Biological Survey's http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/good-bad/cowrie.html
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