Cypraeovula cruickshanki

Cypraeovula cruickshanki is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.

Cypraeovula cruickshanki
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Cypraeoidea
Family:
Cypraeidae
Genus:
Cypraeovula
Species:
C. cruickshanki
Binomial name
Cypraeovula cruickshanki
(Kilburn, 1972)[1]
Synonyms
  • Cypraea cruickshanki Kilburn, 1972[1]

References
  1. Kilburn, R. N. (1972). "A new cowry from deep water off Natal, with notes on allied species(Mollusca: Gastropoda: Cypraeidae)". Durban Museum Novitates. 9 (14): 209–216, pls. 1–2.


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