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]
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. ^ ^{a b} 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

• Gastropods.com : Erosaria macandrewi; accessed : 11 November 2010