
• Rose Spotted Cowry
Scientific classification:
Superdomain: Neomura
Domain: Eukaryota
(unranked): Opisthokonta
(unranked) Holozoa
(unranked) Filozoa
Kingdom: Animalia
Subkingdom: Eumetazoa
(unranked): Bilateria
(unranked): Protostomia
Superphylum: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Subphylum: Conchifera
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Orthogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Cypraeoidea
Family: Cypraeidae
Subfamily: Bernayinae
Genus: Zoila
Species: Z. venusta
Subspecies: Z. venusta roseopunctata
Cave in limestone reef, among sponges, 21m, scuba diver, 2005 (Peter Clarkson)
63mm
Cape Le Grand, Esperance, S.W. Australia
From my collection
Photo Taken: March 23, 2021
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