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Release 31.03 went live 18th November, 2011
Cypraecassis (Levenia) coarctata
(Sowerby, G.B. I, 1825)
Contracted Cowry Helmet
Shell size 38 - 89 mm
Sea of Cortčz, W Mexico - Peru; Galápagos
Taxonomic Information
Class
GASTROPODA ORTHOGASTROPODA
Order
LITTORINIMORPHA
SuperFamily
TONNOIDEA
Family
CASSIDAE CASSINAE
Page/Plate
Encyclopedia of Marine Gastropods
p 140/7
The Recent Molluscan Marine Fauna of the Islas Galápagos
p 32
Sea Shells of Tropical West America
p 341/313
Collector's guide to Seashells of the World
p 79/10
Systematic List of Peruvian Marine Molluscs
p 43
Compendium of Seashells
p 111/2.3
Recent Cassidae
p 23; 93/14
American Conchologist
Vol. 19/2, p 17
Image Acknowledgments
1
Femorale
2
Femorale
3
Nsan's The World of Beautiful Shells
4
Christian Muller
5
Guido Poppe