Naria erosa: Difference between revisions
Content deleted Content added
checked with WoRMS |
+ image |
||
| Line 2: | Line 2: | ||
{{Taxobox |
{{Taxobox |
||
| name = ''Erosaria erosa'' |
| name = ''Erosaria erosa'' |
||
| image = |
| image = Cypraea erosa.jpg |
||
| image_caption = |
| image_caption = ''Erosaria erosa'', anterior part is to the left |
||
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia |
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia |
||
| phylum = [[Mollusca]] |
| phylum = [[Mollusca]] |
||
Revision as of 16:54, 13 October 2010
| Erosaria erosa | |
|---|---|
| |
| Erosaria erosa, anterior part is to the left | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | |
| Phylum: | |
| Class: | |
| Superfamily: | |
| (unranked): | |
| Family: | |
| Genus: | |
| Species: | E. erosa
|
| Binomial name | |
| Erosaria erosa (Linnaeus, 1758)
| |
| Synonyms[1] | |
|
Cypraea erosa Linnaeus, 1758 (basionym) | |
Erosaria erosa, common name : the eroded cowrie, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]
Subspecies
There are two subspecies recognized : [1]
- Erosaria erosa erosa (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Erosaria erosa fuscocincta Bozzetti, 2008
Description
![[icon]](/wiki/File:Wiki_letter_w_cropped.svg){kind=small} | This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (May 2010) |
Distribution
This species and its subspecies are distributed in the Indian Ocean along Aldabra, Chagos, the Comores, the East Coast of South Africa, Kenya, Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin, Mauritius, Mozambique, Reunion, the Seychelles, Somalia and Tanzania.
References
- ^ a b c Erosaria erosa. WoRMS (2010). Erosaria erosa. 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=216852 on 13 October 2010 .
External links
 | This Cypraeidae-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |