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| superfamilia = [[Cypraeoidea]]
| superfamilia = [[Cypraeoidea]]
| familia = [[Cypraeidae]]
| familia = [[Cypraeidae]]
| subfamilia =
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| genus = ''[[Erosaria]]''
| genus = ''[[Erosaria]]''
| subgenus =
| subgenus =
| species = '''''E. erosa'''''
| species = '''''E. erosa'''''
| binomial = ''Erosaria erosa''
| binomial = ''Erosaria erosa''
| binomial_authority = (Linnaeus, 1758)
| binomial_authority = (Linnaeus, 1758)
| synonyms_ref = <ref name="WoRMS" />
| synonyms_ref = <ref name="WoRMS" />
| synonyms = ''Cypraea erosa'' Linnaeus, 1758 (basionym)
| synonyms = ''Cypraea erosa'' Linnaeus, 1758 (basionym)
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==Subspecies==
==Subspecies==
[[File:Cypraea-erosa.jpg|thumb|left|''Erosaria erosa'']]
[[File:Cypraea-erosa.jpg|thumb|left|''Erosaria erosa'']]
There are two subspecies recognized : <ref name="WoRMS" />
There are two subspecies recognized :<ref name="WoRMS" />
* ''Erosaria erosa erosa'' (Linnaeus, 1758)
* ''Erosaria erosa erosa'' (Linnaeus, 1758)
*'' Erosaria erosa fuscocincta'' Bozzetti, 2008
*'' Erosaria erosa fuscocincta'' Bozzetti, 2008


==Description==
==Description==
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==Distribution==
==Distribution==
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==External links==
==External links==
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{{Commonscat|Erosaria erosa}}
{{Commons category|Erosaria erosa}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Erosaria Erosa}}
[[Category:Cypraeidae]]
[[Category:Cypraeidae]]



{{Cypraeidae-stub}}
{{Cypraeidae-stub}}

Revision as of 02:08, 8 January 2011

Erosaria erosa
Erosaria erosa, anterior part is to the left
Scientific classification
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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

Erosaria erosa

There are two subspecies recognized :[1]

  • Erosaria erosa erosa (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Erosaria erosa fuscocincta Bozzetti, 2008

Description

Distribution

Distribution map of Erosaria erosa

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, Réunion, the Seychelles, Somalia and Tanzania.

References

  1. ^ 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 .

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