Species of gastropod
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| Shell of Cypraeovula castanea malani (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
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C. castanea
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| Binomial name
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Cypraeovula castanea
(Higgins, 1868)
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- Cypraea castanea (Higgins, 1868)
- Cypraea verhoefi Burgess, 1982 (unnecessary substitute name for Luponia castanea, by Burgess treated as a secondary homonym of Cypraea castanea Röding, 1798)
- Cypraeovula castanea castanea (Higgins, 1868)· accepted, alternate representation
- Luponia castanea Higgins, 1868 (basionym)
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Cypraeovula castanea is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]
Description
The length of the shell attains 28.9 mm.
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Distribution
This marine species occurs off the Agulhas Bank, South Africa
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