Cribrarula esontropia is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.
Subspecies
There are three subspecies recognized :
- Cribrarula esontropia cribellum <small>(Gaskoin, 1849)</small>
- Cribrarula esontropia esontropia <small>(Duclos, 1833)</small>
- Cribrarula esontropia francescoi <small>(Lorenz, 2002)</small>
Description
Shell size 25 mm.
Distribution
This species is found in the Indian Ocean off Mauritius and the Mascarene Basin.
References
- Lorenz, F., 2002. New worldwide cowries. Descriptions of new taxa and revisions of selected groups of living Cypraeidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Schriften zur Malakozoologie 20: 292 pp
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