Erosaria macandrewi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha |
Superfamily: | Cypraeoidea |
Family: | Cypraeidae |
Genus: | Erosaria |
Species: | E. macandrewi |
Binomial name | |
Erosaria macandrewi (Sowerby III, 1870) |
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Synonyms[1] | |
Cypraea macandrewi Sowerby, 1870 (basionym) |
Erosaria macandrewi, common name : MacAndrew's Cowry, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]
Contents |
The shell size varies between 9 mm and 27 mm
This species occurs in the Red Sea, Oman, Djibouti and along Eritrea.