Macrocypraea mammoth

Macrocypraea mammoth

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Cypraeoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Cladus: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Gastropoda
Subclassis: Caenogastropoda
Ordo: Littorinimorpha
Superfamilia: Cypraeoidea

Familia: Cypraeidae
Genus: Macrocypraea
Species: Macrocypraea mammoth

Name edit

Macrocypraea mammoth Simone & Cavallari, 1930

Holotype: ♀, MZSP 137544
Type locality: BRAZIL, off Espírito Santo state, Trindade Island, Secon/GCIT, 20°30’20.9”S 29°18’43.7”W, 11.6 m (J.B. Mendonça col., 9.vii.2015).
Paratypes:
  • MNRJ 5059, 1 shell
  • MNRJ 5056, 1 shell
  • MZSP 108077, 1 shell
  • MZSP 137545, 1 ♂
  • MZSP 137546, 1 ♂ (shell now broken)
ZooBank: B76C5BC6-595A-4782-A706-6A2BBF1D718F

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