Eclogavena quadrimaculata

Eclogavena quadrimaculata, the four-spotted cowry, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]

Eclogavena quadrimaculata
A shell of Eclogavena quadrimaculata from Australia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Cypraeoidea
Family:
Cypraeidae
Subfamily:
Erroneinae
Genus:
Eclogavena
Species:
E. quadrimaculata
Binomial name
Eclogavena quadrimaculata
(J. E. Gray, 1824)
Synonyms
  • Blasicrura quadrimaculata (Gray, 1824)
  • Blasicrura (Blasicrura) quadrimaculata garretti Schilder, F.A. & Schilder, M. 1939
  • Cypraea nimbosa Dillwyn 1827
  • Cypraea quadrimaculata Gray, 1824
  • Eclogavena quadrimaculata quadrimaculata (Gray, 1824) · accepted, alternate representation

Subspecies
  • Eclogavena quadrimaculata quadrimaculata (Gray, 1824)
  • Eclogavena quadrimaculata thielei Schilder & Schilder, 1938 [2]

Description

Shells of Eclogavena quadrimaculata can reach a size of 14–36 millimetres (0.55–1.42 in).[3][4] The surface of these cylindrical shells may be whitish, pale grey or pale blue, with many small brown flecks and with two large rather triangular dark brown spots at each end (hence the common name and the Latin species name quadrimaculata). These shells are completely white or pale yellowish underneath. Teeth are raised, not coloured and spread right across base up to the margin. The living animal shows a dark brown or black mantle with small white or pinkish spots.[5][6]

Distribution

This species is present in Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland) and Philippines.[3][4][7] These cowries can be found under rocks and among coral rubble.

  • Dorsal view of a shell of Eclogavena quadrimaculata thielei
    Dorsal view of a shell of Eclogavena quadrimaculata thielei
  • Lateral view
    Lateral view

References
  1. Eclogavena quadrimaculata (J. E. Gray, 1824). WoRMS (2012). Eclogavena Iredale, 1930 In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2012) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=530904 on 25 December 2012 .
  2. Biolib
  3. "Eclogavena quadrimaculata quadrimaculata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  4. "Cypraea.eu". Archived from the original on 2018-03-09. Retrieved 2015-12-17.
  5. Lizard Island Field Guide
  6. Wild Singapore
  7. WMSDB – Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base
  • Gray, J.E. 1824. Monograph on the family Cypraeidae, a family of testaceous Mollusca. Zoological Journal of London 1: 367-391
  • Dillwyn, L.W. 1827. Remarks on the Cypraea described by Gray. Zoological Journal of London 3: 315-317
  • Schilder, F.A. & Schilder, M. 1939. Prodrome of a monograph on living Cypraeidae. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 23: 119-231
  • Burgess, C.M. 1985. Cowries of the World. Cape Town : Seacomber Publications 289 pp.
  • Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. A Guide to Worldwide Cowries. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks pp. 1–584.
  • Meyer, C.P. 2004. Toward comprehensiveness: increased molecular sampling within Cypraeidae and its phylogenetic implications. Malacologia 46(1): 127-156
  • Meyer, C. 2005. Eclogavena quadrimaculata quadrimaculata Gray, 1824. Cowrie Genetic Database Project. 2005

Bibliography
  • A. Robin - Encyclopedia of Marine Gastropods, p 95/9
  • Felix Lorenz and A. Hubert - Guide to Worldwide Cowries, p 367/25-27, 31-33
  • Philippine Marine Molluscs, Vol. 1, p 102; Pl. 140/2, 4, 6
  • Robertson, R. (1981). List of shell-bearing mollusks observed and collected at Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia, Tryonia, 4: 1-32. LIRS catalog number 403
  • Tan Siong Kiat and Henrietta P. M. Woo, 2010 Preliminary Checklist of The Molluscs of Singapore (pdf), Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research, National University of Singapore
  • Wilson, B. (1993). Australian Marine Shells: 1. Prosobranch gastropods. Odyssey Publishing, Kallaroo, Western Australia.
  • Liu J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
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