OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Cypraeidae 

Erronea felina felina (Gmelin, 1791)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Cypraea felina Gmelin, 1791
   Cypraea lineata Gmelin, 1791
   Cypraea gibbosa Gray, 1824
   Erronea pallidaeformis Biraghi, 1987

Common Name

Cat Cowry p.123, pl.367      Coleman, N. 1975.  

Distribution

East and South Africa

  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast Africa

Keywords

depth: intertidal 
habit: nestling [ rocky crevices and under larger stones ]
substrate: algae [inside blankets of green algae in very shallow water]

References

 Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. p.131 Contains synonymy

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Littorinimorpha
                      Cypraeoidea
                        Cypraeidae Gray, 1824
                          Cypraeovulinae Schilder, 1927
                            Erronea Troschel, 1863
                              Erronea felina (Gmelin, 1791)
                                Erronea felina felina (Gmelin, 1791)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=77544) created by Shannon Reid on 2002-09-05. Record last updated by dsherman on 2004-02-23.