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Muracypraea mus bicornis (G. B. Sowerby II, 1870) 
AphiaID: 574021

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Cypraeoidea (Superfamily) > Cypraeidae (Family) > Muracypraea (Genus) > Muracypraea mus (Species)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Subspecies
Parent Muracypraea mus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Sources  basis of record: Lorenz & Hubert (2000). A guide to worldwide cowries. ConchBooks 1-584
page(s): 40 [details]

basis of record: Petit R.E. (2009) George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa 2189: 1–218. [details]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English horned mouse cowry  [details]
English horned mus cowry  [details]
Environment marine
Distribution Colombia [details]
Venezuela [details]
Image 
Muracypraea mus bicornis
Muracypraea mus bicornis
added on 2012-08-09 - author: Natural History Museum Rotterdam ()
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:574021
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2011-06-08 21:32:57Z  changed  Moretzsohn, Fabio
  
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  Citation: Moretzsohn, F. (2013). Muracypraea mus bicornis (G. B. Sowerby II, 1870). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=574021 on 2013-05-24
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