Indo-Pacific Molluscan Species Database at The Academy of Natural Sciences

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Data as of: 2006-05-17

Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Cypraeidae

Erosaria turdus (Lamarck, 1810)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Cypraea turdus Lamarck, 1810
   Erosaria turdus (Lamarck, 1810)
   Cypraea ovata Perry, 1811
   Cypraea arenosa Dillwyn, 1823
   Cypraea nivea Gray, 1824
   Cypraea turdus var. alba Sowerby, 1832
   *Cypraea pardalina Dunker, 1852
   Monetaria hamyi Rochebrune, 1884
   *Cypraea (Erosaria) zanzibarica var. raripunctata Suillioti, 1911
   Cypraea zanzibarica Sullioti, 1911*
   Cypraea lamarckii var. phyllidis Shaw, 1915
   Erosaria (Erosaria) turdus winckworthi Schilder & Schilder, 1938
   Cypraea turdus var. miyokoae Habe & Kosuge, 1970

Common Name

Thrush cowry p.191 Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000.

Distribution

Keywords

depth: intertidal [ ]
exposure: exposed
habitat: rock reef
substrate: algal turf [ ]
substrate: mud
substrate: sand [ ]

References

Burgess, C.M. 1985. p.211 [ as Cypraea turdus ] General reference
Heiman, E 1998. p.23-33 General reference
Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. p.191 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 turdus (Lamarck, 1810)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=54298) created by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2001-10-17. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2004-02-04.