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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 RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian OceanEastern Indian Ocean
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-China
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaPhilippines
     Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. p.87 
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-ChinaJapan
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian OceanEastern Indian OceanAndaman 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.