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. 1.0 1.1 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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