Erronea caurica

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Erronea caurica
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Erronea caurica, dorsal view
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cypraeidae
Genus: Erronea
Species:
E. caurica
Binomial name
Erronea caurica
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]

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Subspecies

The following subspecies are recognized :

Description

Erronea caurica, side view Cypraeidae - Erronea caurica.JPG
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.

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References

  1. 1 2 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 .

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