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Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Cypraeidae 

Erronea cylindrica cylindrica (Born, 1778)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Cypraea cylindrica Born, 1778
   Cypraea cornus Röding, 1798
   Cypraea caerulea Fischer, 1807
   Cypraea hirundo var. formosa Gray, 1824
   Blasicrura cylindrica var. emaculata Coen, 1949

Common Name

Cylindrical Cowry p.57, pl.146      Coleman, N. 1975.  

Distribution

Malaysia to Japan

  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-China
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaPhilippines
     Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. p.86 
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-ChinaJapan
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaMalaysia

Keywords

depth: intertidal 
habitat: rock reef 

References

 Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. p.132 Contains synonymy

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Littorinimorpha
                      Cypraeoidea
                        Cypraeidae Gray, 1824
                          Cypraeovulinae Schilder, 1927
                            Erronea Troschel, 1863
                              Erronea cylindrica (Born, 1778)
                                Erronea cylindrica cylindrica (Born, 1778)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=77550) created by Shannon Reid on 2002-09-05. Record last updated by dsherman on 2004-02-23.