OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Cypraeidae 

Erosaria citrina (Gray, 1825)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Cypraea citrina Gray, 1825

Included taxa

   Erosaria citrina dauphinensis Lorenz, 2002

Common Name

Citrine cowry p.194      Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000.  

Distribution

  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Madagascar
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Mozambique
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: South Africa

Keywords

depth: continental shelf [ mostly found in the stomachs of fish from 40-50m ]
depth: continental slope [ 15-350 m (under sponges) ]
depth: intertidal [ under sponges and stones, intertidally on piling amongst sponges ]
depth: subtidal 

References

 Burgess, C.M. 1985. p.210 [ as Cypraea citrina ]  General reference
 Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. p.194 General reference

Classification

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

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=54456) created by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2001-10-18. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-05-30.