Arabian Cowry (Mauritia arabica)
…a species of cowry (Cypraeidae) which is widely distributed throughout the Indo-West Pacific, from East and South Africa (excluding the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf) to eastern Polynesia, north to Japan, and south to New South Wales, Australia. Arabian cowries will typically spend most of their time dwelling under stones and in caverns in the outskirts of coral reefs . They are chiefly nocturnal and like other cowries will feed on a range of sessile organic materials
Classification
Animalia-Mollusca-Gastropoda-Caenogastropoda-Hypsogastropoda-Littorinimorpha-Cypraeoidea-Cypraeidae-Mauritia-M. arabica
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