Erosaria cernica

Erosaria cernica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily: Cypraeoidea
Family: Cypraeidae
Genus: Erosaria
Species: E. cernica
Binomial name
Erosaria cernica
(Sowerby, 1870)
Synonyms[1]

Cypraea cernica Sowerby, 1870

Erosaria cernica is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along Chagos, the Mascarene Basin and Mauritius.

References

  1. 1 2 Erosaria cernica (Sowerby, 1870). WoRMS (2009). Erosaria cernica (Sowerby, 1870). Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216767 on 11 October 2010.

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