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 poraria (Linnaeus, 1758)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Cypraea poraria Linnaeus, 1758
   Cypraea coeca R�ding, 1798
   Cypraea scarabaeus Bory De St-Vincent, 1827
   Cypraea poraria var. kauaiensis Melvill, 1888
   Cypraea (Luponia) poraria var. albinella Melvill & Standen, 1895
   Cypraea wilhelmina Kenyon, 1897
   Cypraea poraria var. vibex Kenyon, 1902
   Cypraea (Luponia) poraria var. insignis Dautzenberg, 1902
   Erosaria poraria theoreta Iredale, 1939
   Cypraea (Erronea) mbalavensis Ladd, 1945

Common Name

Porous cowry p.203      Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000.
Ayame-dakara G1242 [Higo et al, 1999, species number: G1242]       Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. 1999.
Porpus Cowry p.127, f.7      Allan, J. 1950.
Purple Based Cowry p.126, pl.383      Coleman, N. 1975.

Distribution

Keywords

depth: continental shelf [ to 30m ]
depth: intertidal
depth: sublittoral
habitat: coral reef
habitat: rock bottom
habitat: shallow subtidal

References

Burgess, C.M. 1985. p.225 [ as Cypraea poraria ] General reference
Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. p.60 General reference
Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. p.203 General reference
Schilder, M. & Schilder, F.A. 1971. Secondary source
Wilson, B. 1993. p.180 [ pl. 33, figs 3 a,b; considers mbalavuensis as a subgenus of the nominate species Erosaria poraria ] Alternate taxonomic arrangement
Classification
  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Littorinimorpha
                      Cypraeoidea
                        Cypraeidae Gray, 1824
                          Erosariinae Schilder, 1924
                            Erosaria Troschel, 1863
                              Erosaria poraria (Linnaeus, 1758)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=8425) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by dsherman on 2004-02-25.