Erosaria acicularis
| Erosaria acicularis | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Cypraeoidea |
| Family: | Cypraeidae |
| Subfamily: | Erosariinae |
| Genus: | Erosaria |
| Species: | E. acicularis |
| Binomial name | |
| Erosaria acicularis (Gmelin, 1791) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Erosaria acicularis, common name the Atlantic yellow cowry, is a species of cowry, a sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[2]
Forms
Although they are of no taxonomic significance, there are two named forms of this species: form algoensis[3] and form sanctaehelenae (Schilder, F.A., 1930),[4]
Distribution
This species occurs on the coasts of North Carolina, USA, the Gulf Of Mexico, the Caribbean, Venezuela, Colombia and Brazil.
Description
The maximum recorded adult shell length for this species is 31 mm.[5]
Habitat
The minimum recorded depth for this species is 0 m; maximum recorded depth is 780 m.[5]
References
- ↑ Gastropods.com : Erosaria acicularis; accessed : 20 October 2010
- ↑ Erosaria acicularis (Gmelin, 1791). WoRMS (2010). Erosaria acicularis (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=419721 on 20 October 2010.
- ↑ Gastropods.com : Erosaria acicularis algoensis; accessed : 20 October 2010
- ↑ Gastropods.com : Erosaria acicularis sanctaehelenae; accessed : 20 October 2010
- 1 2 Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.
Further reading
- Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
External links
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