Eratoena sulcifera
| Eratoena sulcifera | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Velutinoidea |
| Family: | Triviidae |
| Subfamily: | Eratoinae |
| Genus: | Eratoena |
| Species: | E. sulcifera |
| Binomial name | |
| Eratoena sulcifera (Gray in G.B. Sowerby I, 1832) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Eratoena sulcifera is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Triviidae, the false cowries or trivias.[1]
Description
The shell size varies between 3 mm and 5 mm
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Indo-West Pacific, in French Polynesia and along the Aldabra Atoll.
References
- 1 2 Eratoena sulcifera (Gray in G.B. Sowerby I, 1832) . WoRMS (2010). Eratoena sulcifera (Gray in G.B. Sowerby I, 1832) . Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=517274 on 21 January 2011.
- Liltved W.R. (2000) Cowries and their relatives of southern Africa. A study of the southern African cypraeacean and velutinacean gastropod fauna. Seacomber Publications. 224 pp. page(s): 191
- Fehse D. (2010) Contributions to the knowledge of the Eratoidae IV. A new species from Tuamotu, French Polynesia. Spixiana, 33(1):13-18.
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