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 Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Madagascar
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Mozambique
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: South Africa
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Tanzania
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.