Erosaria macandrewi
| Erosaria macandrewi | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Cypraeoidea |
| Family: | Cypraeidae |
| Genus: | Erosaria |
| Species: | E. macandrewi |
| Binomial name | |
| Erosaria macandrewi (Sowerby III, 1870) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Cypraea macandrewi Sowerby, 1870 (basionym) | |
Erosaria macandrewi, common name : MacAndrew's Cowry, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]
Description
The shell size varies between 9 mm and 27 mm
Distribution
This species occurs in the Red Sea, Oman, Djibouti and along Eritrea.
References
- 1 2 Erosaria macandrewi (Sowerby, 1870). WoRMS (2009). Erosaria macandrewi (Sowerby, 1870). Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=530886 on 19 October 2010.
External links
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