Eyed Cowrie

La Porcelaine argus (Arestorides argus) est une espèce de mollusque gastéropode de la famille des Cypraeidae. C'est un coquillage assez rare. Description et caractéristiques Répartition : de l'Est de l'Afrique aux îles Fidji.

Arestorides argus, commonly called the eyed cowrie, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries. Subspecies Two subspecies are recognized : Arestorides argus argus (Linnaeus, 1758) Arestorides argus contracasta Lorenz, 2012 Arestorides argus contrastriata (Perry, 1811) : common name : pheasant cowrie: synonym of Cypraea contrastriata Perry, 1811 Description This is a large cowry species, with specimens averaging 80mm and measuring up to 115mm. The shape of the shell is approximately cylindrical.

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