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]
  • Erato sulcifera Gray in G.B. Sowerby I, 1832 (basionym)
  • Ovulum corrugatum Hinds, R.B., 1844
  • Proterato capensis Schilder, 1933
  • Proterato sulcifera (Gray in G.B. Sowerby I, 1832)
  • Proterato (Eratoena) schmeltziana Crosse, H., 1867

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. 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.

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