Erronea caurica, common name the thick-edged cowry, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]
| Erronea caurica | |
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| Erronea caurica, dorsal view | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Cypraeidae |
| Genus: | Erronea |
| Species: | E. caurica |
| Binomial name | |
| Erronea caurica | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
Subspecies
The following subspecies are recognized :
- Erronea caurica algida Bozzetti, 2018
- Erronea caurica blaesa Iredale, 1939
- Erronea caurica caurica (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Erronea caurica chrismeyeri Lorenz, 2017
- Erronea caurica dracaena (Born, 1778)
- Erronea caurica elongata (Perry, 1811)
- Erronea caurica insolita Bozzetti, 2017
- Erronea caurica mayottensis Vachon & Verneau, 2017 (synonym of Erronea caurica quinquefasciata (Röding, 1798))
- Erronea caurica nabeqensis Heiman & Mienis, 2000
- Erronea caurica quinquefasciata (Röding, 1798)
- Erronea caurica samoensis Lorenz, 2002
- Erronea caurica thachi F. Huber, 2020
Description
These cowries reach 35–55 millimetres (1.4–2.2 in) of length. Their shape is elongated and the basic color is light brown or yellowish, with a pinkish underside and brown spots on the edge.
Distribution
The species and its subspecies are distributed in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean along Aldabra, Chagos, the Comores, East Africa, Kenya, Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin, Mauritius, Mozambique, Réunion, the Seychelles, Somalia and Tanzania.
References
- 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.
- Lorenz F. (2002) New worldwide cowries. Descriptions of new taxa and revisions of selected groups of living Cypraeidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Schriften zur Malakozoologie aus dem Haus der Natur-Cismar 20: 1–292, pls 1-40
- Lorenz F. (2017). A new subspecies of Erronea caurica (Linnaeus 1758) from West Thailand (Gastropoda: Cypraeidae). Acta Conchyliorum. 16: 29-37
External links
Media related to Erronea caurica at Wikimedia Commons