OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Cypraeidae 

Erosaria lamarckii (Gray, 1825)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Cypraea lamarckii Gray, 1825
   Cypraea lamarckii var. redimita Melvill, 1888
   Cypraea bernardinae Preston, 1907
   Erosaria beieri Walles, 1980
   Erosaria incurvata Walles, 1980
   Erosaria okutanii Walles, 1980
   Erosaria sharoni Walles, 1980

Distribution

  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean

Keywords

substrate: in mud [ on pilings, half dug in mud during daytime, in shallow water ]

References

 Burgess, C.M. 1985. p.214 [ as Cypraea lamarckii ]  General reference
 Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. p.190 General reference
 Schilder, M. & Schilder, F.A. 1971.  Secondary source

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Littorinimorpha
                      Cypraeoidea
                        Cypraeidae Gray, 1824
                          Erosariinae Schilder, 1924
                            Erosaria Troschel, 1863
                              Erosaria lamarckii (Gray, 1825)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=54162) created by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2001-10-16. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2001-10-17.