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 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.
- Berry, L.E. (1954). Africa's rarest cowries. JEANHS XXII (95): 82-85
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