Erronea caurica
| Erronea caurica | |
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| Erronea caurica, dorsal view | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Cypraeoidea |
| Family: | Cypraeidae |
| Genus: | Erronea |
| Species: | E. caurica |
| Binomial name | |
| Erronea caurica (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Erronea caurica, common name the thick-edged cowry, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]
Subspecies
The following subspecies are recognized :
- Erronea caurica caurica (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Erronea caurica nabeqensis Heiman & Mienis, 2000
- Erronea caurica samoensis Lorenz, 2002
Description
Erronea caurica, side view
These cowries reach 35–55 millimetres (1.4–2.2 in) of length. Their shape is elongated and the basic color is light brown or yellowish, with a pinkish underside and brown spots on the edge.
Distribution
The species and its subspecies are distributed in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean along Aldabra, Chagos, the Comores, East Africa, Kenya, Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin, Mauritius, Mozambique, Réunion, the Seychelles, Somalia and Tanzania.
References
- 1 2 Erronea caurica (Linnaeus). WoRMS (2010). Erronea caurica (Linnaeus). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216861 on 11 October 2010.
- Verdcourt, B. (1954). The cowries of the East African Coast (Kenya, Tanganyika, Zanzibar and Pemba). Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society 22(4) 96: 129-144, 17 pls.
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