- Erosaria nebrites
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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 LittorinimorphaSuperfamily: 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]
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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
- ^ 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.
- ^ Gastropods.com : Erosaria nebrites; accessed : 20 October 2010
- ^ Gastropods.com : Erosaria nebrites ceylonica; accessed : 20 October 2010
- ^ 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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