OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Cypraeidae 

Erronea caurica elongata (Perry, 1811)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Cypraea elongata Perry, 1811

Distribution

East Africa to Mauritius

  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast Africa

Keywords

habitat: under rocks 
habitat: under sponges [on pilings]

References

 Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. p.138 General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Littorinimorpha
                      Cypraeoidea
                        Cypraeidae Gray, 1824
                          Cypraeovulinae Schilder, 1927
                            Erronea Troschel, 1863
                              Erronea caurica (Linnaeus, 1758)
                                Erronea caurica elongata (Perry, 1811)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=77560) created by Shannon Reid on 2002-09-05. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2002-09-13.