Erosaria eburnea

Erosaria eburnea
Shell of Erosaria eburnea from New Caledonia at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Cypraeoidea
Family: Cypraeidae
Genus: Erosaria
Species: E. eburnea
Binomial name
Erosaria eburnea
Barnes, 1824
Synonyms[1]

Cypraea eburnea Barnes, 1824 (basionym)

Erosaria eburnea, common name ivory cowry, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]

Description

Erosaria eburnea has a shell reaching a size of about 35-45 mm. The coloration of this shell is light white. In the living cowries the mantle is brown or greyish, with paler finger-like projections.

Distribution

This species can be found in the South Pacific Ocean, as far north as Palau, and as far east as Fiji.

References

  1. 1 2 Erosaria eburnea Barnes, 1824. WoRMS (2009). Erosaria eburnea Barnes, 1824. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216788 on 12 October 2010.

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