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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Cypraeidae
Erronea chinensis chinensis (Gmelin, 1791)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Cypraea chinensis Gmelin, 1791
Cypraea crenata Röding, 1798
Cypraea morbillosa Röding, 1798
Cypraea flavescens Schröter, 1804
Cypraea cruenta Dillwyn, 1817
Erronea variolaria var. splendens Taylor, 1916
Cypraea chinensis var. colorata Dautzenberg, 1932
Cypraea chinensis var. convergens Dautzenberg, 1932
Common Name
Chinese Cowry p.121, pl.361 Coleman, N. 1975.
Distribution
Andaman Sea to Japan
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Eastern Indian Ocean
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Philippines
Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. p.87
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China: Japan
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Eastern Indian Ocean: Andaman Sea
Keywords
depth: intertidal
habitat: coral reef [ under coral
]
References
Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. p.139 Contains synonymy
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Visceroconcha
Gastropoda
Orthogastropoda
Caenogastropoda
Sorbeoconcha
Hypsogastropoda
Littorinimorpha
Cypraeoidea
Cypraeidae Gray, 1824
Cypraeovulinae Schilder, 1927
Erronea Troschel, 1863
Erronea chinensis (Gmelin, 1791)
Erronea chinensis chinensis (Gmelin, 1791)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=77585) created by Shannon Reid on 2002-09-05. Record last updated by dsherman on 2004-02-23.