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Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Cypraeidae 

Erronea bregeriana (Crosse, 1868)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Cypraea bregeriana Crosse, 1868
   Cypraea (Luponia) tigris var. rossiteri Dautzenberg, 1902

Included taxa

   Erronea bregeriana perveata Lorenz, 2002

Distribution

Melanesia

  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific: New Caledonia
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific: Fiji
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Papua New Guinea

Keywords

depth: continental shelf [ to 30 metres ]
depth: intertidal 
depth: shallow subtidal 
depth: subtidal 
habitat: coral reef 

References

 Burgess, C.M. 1985. p.116 [ as Cypraea bregeriana ]  General reference
 Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. p.128 General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Littorinimorpha
                      Cypraeoidea
                        Cypraeidae Gray, 1824
                          Cypraeovulinae Schilder, 1927
                            Erronea Troschel, 1863
                              Erronea bregeriana (Crosse, 1868)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=52634) created by Shannon Reid on 2001-09-28. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2002-09-16.