Erosaria nebrites

Erosaria nebrites
Erosaria nebrites
Two views of a shell of Erosaria nebrites, anterior end towards the top
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Cypraeoidea
Family: Cypraeidae
Genus: Erosaria
Species: E. nebrites
Binomial name
Erosaria nebrites
(Melvill, 1888)
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Cypraea stellata G.Perry, 1811
  • Cypraea erosa nebrites Melvill, 1888
  • Cypraea nebrites Melvill, 1888
  • Cypraea carmen E.A.Smith, 1912
  • Cypraea erosa carmen E.A.Smith, 1912
  • Erosaria mozambicana F.A.Schilder & M.Schilder, 1938
  • Erosaria ocellata fasciomaculata G.S.Coen, 1949

Erosaria nebrites, common name the false margined cowry, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]

Contents

Subspecies and formae

  • Erosaria nebrites ceylonica (f) Schilder, F.A. & M. Schilder, 1938 [3]
  • Erosaria nebrites oblonga (f) Melvill, J.C., 1888 [4]

Description

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean along East Africa, Eritrea, Kenya, Somalia, Sri Lanka and Singapore.

References

  1. ^ a b Erosaria nebrites Melvill. WoRMS (2009). Erosaria nebrites Melvill. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216854 on 20 October 2010.
  2. ^ Gastropods.com : Erosaria nebrites; accessed : 20 October 2010
  3. ^ Gastropods.com : Erosaria nebrites ceylonica; accessed : 20 October 2010
  4. ^ Gastropods.com : Erosaria nebrites oblonga; accessed : 20 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.

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