OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Cypraeidae
Erronea caurica dracaena (Born, 1778)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Cypraea dracaena Born, 1778
Cypraea corrosa Gronovius, 1781
Distribution
Central Indian Ocean islands, India to Thailand
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Eastern Indian Ocean
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Indo-Arabia: Chagos Archipelago
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Indo-Arabia: India (W)
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Indo-Arabia: Maldives
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Mascarene Islands
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Indo-Arabia: Oman
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Indo-Arabia: Yemen
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Seychelles
Keywords
habitat: coral reef
substrate: mud [under rocks]
References
Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. p.137 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 dracaena (Born, 1778)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=77561) created by Shannon Reid on 2002-09-05. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2002-09-13.