OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Cypraeidae 

Erosaria cernica cernica (Sowerby, 1870)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Cypraea cernica Sowerby, 1870
   Erosaria cernica tomlini Schilder, 1930
   Erosaria percomis Iredale, 1931
   Erosaria tomlini prodiga Iredale, 1939
   Erosaria (Ravitrona) cernica ogasawarensis Schilder, 1944
   Ravitrona tomlini kermadecensis Powell, 1958
   Erosaria tomlini maturata Kira, 1959
   Cypraea cernica marielae Cate, 1960

Common Name

Separated cowry p.195      Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000.  

Distribution

Indo-Pacific

  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Malaysia
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Papua New Guinea
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Philippines
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China: South China Sea
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China: Taiwan
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean
  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: Oceania: Polynesia
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Indonesia
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Lower E coast

Keywords

depth: continental shelf [ 10-250m ]
depth: continental slope 
depth: sublittoral 

References

 Burgess, C.M. 1985. p.209 Secondary source
 Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. p.60 General reference
 Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. p.195 General reference
 Wilson, B. 1993. p.179 [pl. 32, figs 12 a,b]  General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Littorinimorpha
                      Cypraeoidea
                        Cypraeidae Gray, 1824
                          Erosariinae Schilder, 1924
                            Erosaria Troschel, 1863
                              Erosaria cernica (Sowerby, 1870)
                                Erosaria cernica cernica (Sowerby, 1870)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=8399) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Holly Barlow on 2003-01-20.