Erosaria marginalis

Erosaria marginalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Cypraeoidea
Family: Cypraeidae
Genus: Erosaria
Species: E. marginalis
Binomial name
Erosaria marginalis
Dillwyn
Synonyms[1]

Cypraea marginalis Dillwyn, 1817 (basionym)

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

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along Kenya, Mozambique, Somalia, South Africa and Tanzania.

References

  1. 1 2 Erosaria marginalis Dillwyn. WoRMS (2009). Erosaria marginalis Dillwyn. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216858 on 19 October 2010.

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