OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Cypraeidae 

Erosaria marginalis marginalis (Dillwyn, 1827)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Cypraea listeri Gray, 1825
   Cypraea marginalis Dillwyn, 1827

Common Name

Margin cowry p.198      Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000.  

Distribution

  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Kenya
  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: Somalia
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: South Africa
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Tanzania

Keywords

depth: continental slope [ form 10-300m ]
depth: subtidal 
eCode: continental shelf 

References

 Burgess, C.M. 1985. p.212 Secondary source
 Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. p.198 General reference
 Schilder, M. & Schilder, F.A. 1971. p.128 [ Cypraea listeri ]  Contains synonymy

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)
                                Erosaria marginalis marginalis (Dillwyn, 1827)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=54467) created by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2001-10-19. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2001-10-19.