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Mauritia histrio (harlequin cowry, stage cowry)
| Subject:  | Mauritia histrio (harlequin cowry, stage cowry) 
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Date: 2011:04:02 09:51:53
Camera: Canon EOS 500D (Canon)
F number: f/5.6
Exposure: 1/10 sec
Focal Length: 55/1
Upload Date: 2017:02:22 17:56:54
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 Description	
 Mauritia histrio (Gmelin, 1791)
 Deutsch: Länge 6,5 cm; Herkunft: Indischer Ozean.
 English: Minstrel Cowry; Length 6.5 cm; Originating from the Indian Ocean; Shell of own collection, therefore not geocoded.
 Dorsal, lateral (right side), ventral, back, and front view.
 Français : Coquille de Mauritia histrio (Cypraeidae), récoltée dans l'Océan Indien. Longueur : 6,5 cm. De gauche à droite et de haut en bas : vues dorsale, latérale (droite) ventrale, arrière et avant.
 Date	2 April 2011
 Author	H. Zell
 Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mauritia_histrio_01.JPG
 
 Mauritia histrio, common name the harlequin cowry or the stage cowry or Minstrel cowrie, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries. Superfamily:	Cypraeoidea, Family:	Cypraeidae, Genus:	Mauritia, Species:	Mauritia histrio (Gmelin, 1791).
 Synonyms:
 Cypraea histrio Gmelin, 1791 (basionym)
 Cypraea reticulata Martyn, 1784
 Cypraea amethystea Linnaeus, 1758
 Cypraea histrio Gmelin, 1791
 Cypraea oculata Röding, P.F., 1798
 Cypraea undosa Röding, P.F., 1798
 Cypraea arlequina Mörch, O.A.L., 1852
 Arabica westralis Iredale, 1935
 Mauritia (Arabica) histrio var. duploreticulata Coen, 1949   |   
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