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Cypraea tigris
Species of gastropod / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Cypraea tigris, commonly known as the tiger cowrie, is a species of cowry, a large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.
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Cypraea tigris | |
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Anterior view of a live individual of Cypraea tigris with its mantle fully extended | |
Five views of a shell of Cypraea tigris | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Littorinimorpha |
Family: | Cypraeidae |
Genus: | Cypraea |
Species: | C. tigris |
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Cypraea tigris | |
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