- Erosaria acicularis
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Erosaria acicularis Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda (unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade LittorinimorphaSuperfamily: Cypraeoidea Family: Cypraeidae Subfamily: Erosariinae Genus: Erosaria Species: E. acicularis Binomial name Erosaria acicularis
(Gmelin, 1791)Synonyms[1] - Cypraea lunata Fischer von Waldheim, G., 1807
- Erosaria nitidiuscula Coen, G.S., 1949
- Erosaria nitiduscula Coen, G.S., 1949
Erosaria acicularis, common name : the Atlantic yellow cowry, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[2]
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Subspecies and formae
- Erosaria acicularis algoensis (f)[3]
- Erosaria acicularis sanctaehelenae (f) (Schilder, F.A., 1930)[4]
Distribution
This species is distributed along North Carolina, USA, the Gulf Of Mexico, the Caribbean, Venezuela, Colombia and Brazil.
Description
The maximum recorded shell length is 31 mm.[5]
Habitat
Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.[5] Maximum recorded depth is 780 m.[5]
References
- ^ Gastropods.com : Erosaria acicularis; accessed : 20 October 2010
- ^ Erosaria acicularis (Gmelin, 1791). WoRMS (2010). Erosaria acicularis (Gmelin, 1791). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=419721 on 20 October 2010.
- ^ Gastropods.com : Erosaria acicularis algoensis; accessed : 20 October 2010
- ^ Gastropods.com : Erosaria acicularis sanctaehelenae; accessed : 20 October 2010
- ^ a b c Welch J. J. (2010). "The “Island Rule” and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008776.
Further reading
- Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
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