Scott & Jeanette Johnson, Kwajalein Unterwater
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Mauritia maculifera is a shell snail in the family Cypraeidae, known as porcelain snails.
Porcelain snails have a smooth, rounded shell, with a narrow toothed opening on the underside.
In living porcelain snails, the mantle overgrows the shell from both sides. Where the mantle meets on the top of the shell, a line can be seen in the pattern.
Porcelain snails are nocturnal, feed omnivorously, and are found primarily in tropical waters.
Mauritia maculifera usually resides under slabs and rocks or in channels and holes of algal ridges.
Juveniles are gray with wavy brown lines.
Synonyms:
Cypraea maculata Barnes, 1824
Cypraea maculifera (F. A. Schilder, 1932) -.
Subspecies:
Mauritia maculifera andreae U. Erdmann & Lorenz, 2017
Mauritia maculifera maculifera F. A. Schilder, 1932
Mauritia maculifera martybealsi Lorenz, 2002
Mauritia maculifera scindata Lorenz, 2002
Porcelain snails have a smooth, rounded shell, with a narrow toothed opening on the underside.
In living porcelain snails, the mantle overgrows the shell from both sides. Where the mantle meets on the top of the shell, a line can be seen in the pattern.
Porcelain snails are nocturnal, feed omnivorously, and are found primarily in tropical waters.
Mauritia maculifera usually resides under slabs and rocks or in channels and holes of algal ridges.
Juveniles are gray with wavy brown lines.
Synonyms:
Cypraea maculata Barnes, 1824
Cypraea maculifera (F. A. Schilder, 1932) -.
Subspecies:
Mauritia maculifera andreae U. Erdmann & Lorenz, 2017
Mauritia maculifera maculifera F. A. Schilder, 1932
Mauritia maculifera martybealsi Lorenz, 2002
Mauritia maculifera scindata Lorenz, 2002
