Eclogavena coxeni

Eclogavena coxeni
Shell of Eclogavena coxeni from Solomon Islands at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Cypraeoidea
Family: Cypraeidae
Genus: Eclogavena
Species: E. coxeni
Binomial name
Eclogavena coxeni
(Cox, 1873)
Synonyms
  • Blasicrura coxeni (Cox, 1873)
  • Cypraea coxeni Cox, 1873

Eclogavena coxeni, common name Cox's cowrie, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.

Description

Eclogavena coxeni has a shell reaching a length of 14–32 mm.

Distribution

This species can be found in New Guinea, Solomon Islands.

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