Cypraea tigris lorenzi n. ssp. from the Marquesas Islands differs from the other Indo-Pacific populations of that species by being wider, with more angular margins, and a greater relative mass. The molecular data sets the population apart as a separate monophyletic lineage.
Cypraea tigris lorenzi n. ssp. from the Marquesas Islands differs from the other Indo-Pacific populations of that species by being wider, with more angular margins, and a greater relative mass. The molecular data sets the population apart as a separate monophyletic lineage.
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