Naria helvola
| Erosaria helvola | |
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| A dorsal view of a shell of Erosaria helvola, anterior end towards the right | |
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| Species: | E. helvola
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| Erosaria helvola (Linnaeus)
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Cypraea helvola Linnaeus, 1758 (basionym) | |
Erosaria helvola, common name : the Honey Cowry, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]
There is one subspecies : Erosaria helvola argella (Melvill, 1888)
Description
The shell size varies between 8 mm and 36 mm
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Distribution
This species is distributed in the Red Sea and 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 Erosaria helvola (Linnaeus). WoRMS (2009). Erosaria helvola (Linnaeus). Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216853 on 16 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.
- Burgess, C.M. (1970). The Living Cowries. AS Barnes and Co, Ltd. Cranbury, New Jersey
- Branch, G.M. et al. (2002). Two Oceans. 5th impression. David Philip, Cate Town & Johannesburg
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