Indo-Pacific Molluscan Species Database at The Academy of Natural Sciences

OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Cypraeidae

Erosaria miliaris (Gmelin, 1791)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Cypraea miliaris Gmelin, 1791
   Cypraea lamarckii var. inocellata Gray, 1825
   Cypraea miliaris var. magistra Melvill, 1888
   Cypraea miliaris var. diversa Kenyon, 1902
   Cypraea miliaris var. brookei Rous, 1905
   Cypraea miliaris var. intermedia Smith, 1913
   Cypraea miliaris var. brevis Smith, 1913
   Cypraea miliaris var. gabrieli Gatliff, 1916
   Erosaria (Erosaria) differens Schilder, 1927
   Cypraea gabrielana Gatliff, 1929
   Erosaria metavona Iredale, 1935
   Erosaria (Erosaria) miliaris effossa Schilder, 1937

Common Name

Millet cowry p.190      Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000.
Miliaris Cowry p.114, pl.115      Wilson, B 2002.
Military Cowry p.59, pl.155      Coleman, N. 1975.
Hatsuyuki-dakara G1237 [Higo et al, 1999, species number: G1237]       Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. 1999.
Nishibata-dakara G1237 [Higo et al, 1999, species number: G1237]       Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. 1999.

Distribution

Keywords

depth: intertidal
substrate: algal turf [ ]
substrate: mud [ and rubble ]

References

Burgess, C.M. 1985. p.215 [ as Cypraea miliaris ] General reference
Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. p.60 General reference
Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. p.190 General reference
Schilder, M. & Schilder, F.A. 1971. Secondary source
Wilson, B. 1993. p.180 [pl. 32, figs 13 a-d] General reference
Classification
  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Littorinimorpha
                      Cypraeoidea
                        Cypraeidae Gray, 1824
                          Erosariinae Schilder, 1924
                            Erosaria Troschel, 1863
                              Erosaria miliaris (Gmelin, 1791)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=8418) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Paul J. Morris on 2004-02-25.