Erosaria nebrites

Erosaria nebrites
Two views of a shell of Erosaria nebrites, anterior end towards the top
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Cypraeoidea
Family:	Cypraeidae
Genus:	Erosaria
Species:	E. nebrites
Binomial name
Erosaria nebrites (Melvill, 1888)
Synonyms[1][2]
Cypraea stellata G.Perry, 1811 Cypraea erosa nebrites Melvill, 1888 Cypraea nebrites Melvill, 1888 Cypraea carmen E.A.Smith, 1912 Cypraea erosa carmen E.A.Smith, 1912 Erosaria mozambicana F.A.Schilder & M.Schilder, 1938 Erosaria ocellata fasciomaculata G.S.Coen, 1949

Erosaria nebrites, common name the false margined cowry, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.^[1]

Subspecies and formae

• Erosaria nebrites ceylonica (f) Schilder, F.A. & M. Schilder, 1938 ^[3]
• Erosaria nebrites oblonga (f) Melvill, J.C., 1888 ^[4]

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean along East Africa, Eritrea, Kenya, Somalia, Sri Lanka and Singapore.

References

1. Erosaria nebrites Melvill. WoRMS (2009). Erosaria nebrites Melvill. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216854 on 20 October 2010.
2. Gastropods.com : Erosaria nebrites; accessed : 20 October 2010
3. Gastropods.com : Erosaria nebrites ceylonica; accessed : 20 October 2010
4. Gastropods.com : Erosaria nebrites oblonga; accessed : 20 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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