Erosaria gangranosa
| Erosaria gangranosa | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
| Superfamily: | Cypraeoidea |
| Family: | Cypraeidae |
| Genus: | Erosaria |
| Species: | E. gangranosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Erosaria gangranosa (Dillwyn, 1817) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Cypraea gangranosa Dillwyn, 1817 (basionym) | |
Erosaria gangranosa is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]
There is one subspecies : Erosaria gangranosa reentsii (Dunker, 1852)
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean along Kenya and Tanzania.
References
- 1 2 Erosaria gangranosa (Dill.). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- Verdcourt, B. (1954). The cowries of the East African Coast (Kenya, Tanganyika, Zanzibar and Pemba). Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society 22(4) 96: 129-144, 17 pls.
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