Erosaria

Erosaria
Five views of a shell of Erosaria erosa, the type species of the genus Erosaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda

clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha

Superfamily: Cypraeoidea
Family: Cypraeidae
Subfamily: Erosariinae
Genus: Erosaria
F. H. Troschel, 1863[1]
Type species
Erosaria erosa erosa Linnaeus, C., 1758

Erosaria is a genus of sea snails, cowries, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.

Species

Species within the genus Erosaria include:

Species brought into synonymy 

References

  1. Troschel F. H. (1863). Gebiss Schneck. 1: 205.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 WoRMS (2009). Erosaria Troschel, 1863. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2009) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137876 on 23 August 2011
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