OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Cypraeidae 

Erosaria marginalis (Dillwyn, 1827)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

Included taxa

   Erosaria marginalis marginalis (Dillwyn, 1827)
   Erosaria marginalis melocellata Lorenz & Wiese, 1990

Distribution

  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Eastern Indian Ocean: Sri Lanka

Keywords

depth: intertidal [ under rocks intertidally ]
substrate: algal turf [ ]
substrate: mud [ ]

References

 Burgess, C.M. 1985. p.212 [ as Cypraea marginalis ]  General reference
 Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. p.198 General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Littorinimorpha
                      Cypraeoidea
                        Cypraeidae Gray, 1824
                          Erosariinae Schilder, 1924
                            Erosaria Troschel, 1863
                              Erosaria marginalis (Dillwyn, 1827)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=54466) created by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2001-10-19. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-06-04.