Callistocypraea nivosa
Species of gastropod
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Callistocypraea nivosa is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]
| Callistocypraea nivosa | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Cypraeidae |
| Genus: | Callistocypraea |
| Species: | C. nivosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Callistocypraea nivosa (Broderip, 1827) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Distribution
This species is distributed in the Gulf of Bengal along Myanmar and Thailand and in the Pacific Ocean along Sumatra.[citation needed]
