OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Cypraeidae
Erronea nymphae (Jay, 1850)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Cypraea nymphae Jay, 1850
Cypraea carnicolor Mörch, 1852
Common Name
Nymph's Cowry p.136 Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000.
Distribution
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Indo-Arabia: Chagos Archipelago
Keywords
depth: continental shelf [ to 45 metres
]
depth: subtidal [ from 15 metres
]
habitat: coral reef
References
Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. p.136 General reference
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Visceroconcha
Gastropoda
Orthogastropoda
Caenogastropoda
Sorbeoconcha
Hypsogastropoda
Littorinimorpha
Cypraeoidea
Cypraeidae Gray, 1824
Cypraeovulinae Schilder, 1927
Erronea Troschel, 1863
Erronea nymphae (Jay, 1850)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=52806) created by Shannon Reid on 2001-10-02. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2002-09-16.