OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
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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 Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East 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.