| 词条 | Mauritia scurra | |
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| name = Mauritia scurra | image = Cypraeidae - Mauritia scurra - Philippines-1.JPG | image_caption = A shell of Mauritia scurra from Philippines, anterior end towards the right | regnum = Animalia | phylum = Mollusca | classis = Gastropoda | unranked_superfamilia = clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha | superfamilia = Cypraeoidea | familia = Cypraeidae | subfamilia = Cypraeinae | genus = Mauritia | subgenus = | species = M. scurra | binomial = Mauritia scurra | binomial_authority = (Gmelin, 1791) | synonyms_ref = | synonyms =
}} Mauritia scurra, common name the jester cowry, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries. DescriptionThe shells of these quite uncommon cowries reach on average {{convert|38|-|43|mm}} of length, with a minimum size of {{convert|23|mm}} and a maximum size of {{convert|57|mm}}. The shape is slender and slightly cylindrical, the dorsum surface is reticulate, smooth and shiny, the basic color is light brown, with beige round spots. Margins are beige too, wide and rounded, with dark brown spots. The base may be whitish, pinkish or purplish, usually with long fine dark brown teeth along a narrow aperture. In the living cowries mantle is dark grey, with clearer sensorial papillae. DistributionThis species and subspecies range across the Central and East Indian Ocean along East Africa (Red Sea, Somalia, Aldabra, Chagos, the Comores, Kenya, Tanzania, Zanzibar, Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin, Mauritius, Mozambique, Réunion, the Seychelles) and in the West Pacific Ocean (Malaysia, Sulu Sea, Eastern Australia, Philippines, Samar Island, French Polynesia, Oceania, Hawaii). HabitatThese cowries mainly live on coral reef in tropical subtidal and intertidal waters and in the continental shelf, usually hidden under rocks, coral slabs or small caves during the day, as they start feeding at dusk. Subspecies
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12 : Cypraeidae|Molluscs of the Pacific Ocean|Fauna of the Indian Ocean|Fauna of the Red Sea|Marine molluscs of Africa|Marine molluscs of Asia|Marine molluscs of Oceania|Marine fauna of Southeast Asia|Marine fauna of Western Asia|Molluscs of Hawaii|Gastropods described in 1791|Taxa named by Johann Friedrich Gmelin |
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