Erronea caurica

Erronea caurica
Erronea caurica, dorsal view
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Family:	Cypraeidae
Genus:	Erronea
Species:	E. caurica
Binomial name
Erronea caurica (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms [1]
Cypraea caurica Linnaeus, 1758 Cypraea derosaGmelin, 1791 Cypraea lurica (misspelling) Erronea caurica corrosa(Gronovius, 1781) (unavailable name) Ovatipsa caurica(Linnaeus, 1758)

Erronea caurica, common name the thick-edged cowry, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries. ^[1]

Subspecies

The following subspecies are recognized :

• Erronea caurica algidaBozzetti, 2018
• Erronea caurica blaesaIredale, 1939
• Erronea caurica caurica(Linnaeus, 1758)
• Erronea caurica chrismeyeriLorenz, 2017
• Erronea caurica dracaena(Born, 1778)
• Erronea caurica elongata(Perry, 1811)
• Erronea caurica insolitaBozzetti, 2017
• Erronea caurica mayottensisVachon & Verneau, 2017 (synonym of Erronea caurica quinquefasciata(Röding, 1798))
• Erronea caurica nabeqensisHeiman & Mienis, 2000
• Erronea caurica quinquefasciata(Röding, 1798)
• Erronea caurica samoensisLorenz, 2002
• Erronea caurica thachiF. Huber, 2020

Description

Erronea caurica, side view

These cowries reach 35–55 millimetres (1.4–2.2 in) of length. Their shape is elongated and the basic color is light brown or yellowish, with a pinkish underside and brown spots on the edge.

Distribution

The species and its subspecies are distributed in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean along Aldabra, Chagos, the Comores, East Africa, Kenya, Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin, Mauritius, Mozambique, Réunion, the Seychelles, Somalia and Tanzania.

References

1. Erronea caurica (Linnaeus) . WoRMS (2010). Erronea caurica (Linnaeus). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216861 on 11 October 2010 .

• Verdcourt, B. (1954). The cowries of the East African Coast (Kenya, Tanganyika, Zanzibar and Pemba). Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society 22(4) 96: 129–144, 17 pls.
• Lorenz F. (2002) New worldwide cowries. Descriptions of new taxa and revisions of selected groups of living Cypraeidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Schriften zur Malakozoologie aus dem Haus der Natur-Cismar 20: 1–292, pls 1-40
• Lorenz F. (2017). A new subspecies of Erronea caurica (Linnaeus 1758) from West Thailand (Gastropoda: Cypraeidae). Acta Conchyliorum. 16: 29-37

External links

• Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae

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