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Atlantic deer cowrie

Macrocypraea cervus

Classification

Macrocypraea cervus, common name the Atlantic deer cowry, is a species of large sea snail, a very large cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries. Distribution This species is mainly distributed in the tropical Atlantic Ocean including the Caribbean Sea, and in the waters off South Carolina, Florida, Mexico, Brazil, Cuba and the Bermudas. Description This species is one of the largest cowries.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 44United Kingdom · 10Mexico · 9Cuba