OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Cypraeidae 

Erronea chinensis violacea (Rous, 1905)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Cypraea cruenta var. violacea Rous, 1905
   Cypraea cruenta var. tortirostris Sowerby, 1906

Distribution

southeast Africa

  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast AfricaMadagascar
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast AfricaMozambique
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast AfricaSouth Africa
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast AfricaTanzania

Keywords

depth: continental shelf [to 40 m]
habitat: under rocks [large rocks]

References

 Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. p.140 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 violacea (Rous, 1905)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=77654) created by Shannon Reid on 2002-09-05. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2002-09-13.