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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Cypraeidae 

Erronea ovum ovum (Gmelin, 1791)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Cypraea ovum Gmelin, 1791
   Cypraea cruenta Gmelin, 1791
   Cypraea olivacea Lamarck, 1810
   Cypraea errones var. ovata Gray, 1824
   Erronea (Erronea) ovum palauensis Schilder & Schilder, 1938

Distribution

China Sea to northwestern Australia

  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-China
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-Malaysia
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricN coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricNW coast
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaWestern Australia
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaPhilippines
     Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. p.84 

Keywords

depth: intertidal 
habitat: under rocks [and pieces of coral]

References

 Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. p.122 Contains synonymy

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Littorinimorpha
                      Cypraeoidea
                        Cypraeidae Gray, 1824
                          Cypraeovulinae Schilder, 1927
                            Erronea Troschel, 1863
                              Erronea ovum (Gmelin, 1791)
                                Erronea ovum ovum (Gmelin, 1791)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=8464) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-07-30.