Erosaria cernica
| Erosaria cernica | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Cypraeoidea |
| Family: | Cypraeidae |
| Genus: | Erosaria |
| Species: | E. cernica |
| Binomial name | |
| Erosaria cernica (Sowerby, 1870) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Cypraea cernica Sowerby, 1870 | |
Erosaria cernica is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along Chagos, the Mascarene Basin and Mauritius.
References
- 1 2 Erosaria cernica (Sowerby, 1870). WoRMS (2009). Erosaria cernica (Sowerby, 1870). Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216767 on 11 October 2010.
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