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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Cypraeidae
Erronea caurica caurica (Linnaeus, 1758)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Cypraea caurica Linnaeus, 1758
Cypraea derosa Gmelin, 1791
Cypraea lentigo Röding, 1798
Cypraea ligata Schröter, 1804
Cypraea inspersa Link, 1807
Cypraea dubia Gray, 1831
Cypraea concava Sowerby, 1870
Cypraea caurica var. oblongata Melvill, 1888
Cypraea caurica var. oblongatanama Jackson, 1906
Cypraea caurica var. rosea Taylor, 1913
Erronea (Erronea) caurica var. nigrocincta Schilder, 1924
Erronea caurica longior Iredale, 1935
Erronea caurica thema Iredale, 1939
Erronea obscurata Schilder, 1940
Erronea pseudarabicula Coen, 1949
Erronea caurica var. multidentata Coen, 1949
Erronea caurica var. caledonica Coen, 1949
Common Name
Caurica Cowry p.112, pl.113 Wilson, B 2002.
Thick Edged Cowry p.121, pl.360 [For Cypraea caurica (Coleman), Ovatipsa caurica (Allan)] Coleman, N. 1975.
Distribution
Pacific
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Philippines
Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. p.87
Keywords
depth: intertidal
substrate: under rocks [all kinds of habitats, most common in turbid water near vital reefs]
References
Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. p.60 General reference
Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. p.137 Contains synonymy
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 caurica (Linnaeus, 1758)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=77563) created by Shannon Reid on 2002-09-05. Record last updated by dsherman on 2004-02-23.