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Erronea caurica

Erronea caurica, common name the thick-edged cowry, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.

Subspecies

The following subspecies are recognized :

  • Erronea caurica algida <small>Bozzetti, 2018</small>
  • Erronea caurica blaesa <small>Iredale, 1939</small>
  • Erronea caurica caurica <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small>
  • Erronea caurica chrismeyeri <small>Lorenz, 2017</small>
  • Erronea caurica dracaena <small>(Born, 1778)</small>
  • Erronea caurica elongata <small>(Perry, 1811)</small>
  • Erronea caurica insolita <small>Bozzetti, 2017</small>
  • Erronea caurica mayottensis <small>Vachon & Verneau, 2017</small> (synonym of Erronea caurica quinquefasciata <small>(Röding, 1798)</small>)
  • Erronea caurica nabeqensis <small>Heiman & Mienis, 2000</small>
  • Erronea caurica quinquefasciata <small>(Röding, 1798)</small>
  • Erronea caurica samoensis <small>Lorenz, 2002</small>
  • Erronea caurica thachi <small>F. Huber, 2020</small>

Description

These cowries reach of length. Their shape is elongated and the basic color is light brown or yellowish, with a pinkish underside and brown spots on the edge.

Distribution

The species and its subspecies are distributed in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean along Aldabra, Chagos, the Comores, East Africa, Kenya, Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin, Mauritius, Mozambique, Réunion, the Seychelles, Somalia and Tanzania.

References

  • 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.
  • Lorenz F. (2002) New worldwide cowries. Descriptions of new taxa and revisions of selected groups of living Cypraeidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Schriften zur Malakozoologie aus dem Haus der Natur-Cismar 20: 1–292, pls 1-40
  • Lorenz F. (2017). A new subspecies of Erronea caurica (Linnaeus 1758) from West Thailand (Gastropoda: Cypraeidae). Acta Conchyliorum. 16: 29-37

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