Erronea

Erronea is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]

Erronea
Five views of a shell of Erronea onyx
Apertural view of a shell of Erronea succincta persica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Cypraeoidea
Family:	Cypraeidae
Genus:	Erronea Linnaeus, 1758
Type species
Cypraea errones Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms[1]
Adusta Jousseaume, 1884 Aricia (Erronea) Troschel, 1863 (original rank) Erronea (Adusta) Jousseaume, 1884 Erronea (Gratiadusta) Iredale, 1930 Erronea (Ipserronea) Iredale, 1935 Gratiadusta Iredale, 1930 Ipserronea Iredale, 1935 Palangerosa Iredale, 1930 Palmadusta (Gratiadusta) Iredale, 1930

Species

Species within the genus Erronea include:[1]

• Erronea adusta (Lamarck, 1810)
• Erronea angioyorum Biraghi, 1978
• Erronea caurica (Linnaeus, 1758)[2]
• Erronea cylindrica (Born, 1778)
• Erronea errones (Linnaeus, 1758)[3]
• Erronea fernandoi Cate, 1969
• Erronea garyi Petuch, Berschauer & D. B. Waller, 2019
• Erronea nymphae (Jay, 1850)
• Erronea onyx (Linnaeus, 1758)[4]
• Erronea ovum (Gmelin, 1791)
• Erronea pallida (Gray, 1824)
• Erronea pyriformis (Gray, 1824)
• Erronea rabaulensis Schilder, 1964
• Erronea subviridis (Reeve, 1835)
• Erronea vredenburgi Schilder, 1927
• Erronea xanthodon (Gray in Sowerby I, 1832)

Species brought into synonymy

• Erronea angustata (Gmelin, 1791): synonym of Notocypraea angustata (Gmelin, 1791)
• Erronea bealsi Mock, 1996: synonym of Paradusta hungerfordi bealsi (Mock, 1996) (original combination)
• Erronea bregeriana (Crosse, 1868): synonym of Contradusta bregeriana (Crosse, 1868)
• Erronea chinensis (Gmelin, 1791): synonym of Ovatipsa chinensis (Gmelin, 1791)
• Erronea coloba (Melvill, 1888): synonym of Ovatipsa coloba (Melvill, 1888)
• Erronea donghaiensis Ma, 1997: synonym of Paradusta hungerfordi hungerfordi (G. B. Sowerby III, 1888)
• Erronea hungerfordi (Sowerby III, 1888): synonym of Paradusta hungerfordi (G. B. Sowerby III, 1888)
• Erronea japonica Schilder, 1931: synonym of Purpuradusta gracilis notata (Gill, 1858) (synonym)
• Erronea langfordi Kuroda, 1938: synonym of Austrasiatica langfordi (Kuroda, 1938) (original combination)
• Erronea listeri (Gray, 1824): synonym of Melicerona listeri (Gray, 1824)
• Erronea pulchella (Swainson, 1823): synonym of Ficadusta pulchella (Swainson, 1823)
• Erronea succincta (Linnaeus, 1758): synonym of Erronea onyx (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Erronea teramachii Kuroda, 1938: synonym of Nesiocypraea teramachii (Kuroda, 1938) (original combination)
• Erronea walkeri (Sowerby I, 1832): synonym of Contradusta walkeri (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832)
• Erronea weaveri Walls, 1980: synonym of Ficadusta barclayi (Reeve, 1857)

References

1. Erronea Troschel, 1863. WoRMS (2010). Erronea Troschel, 1863. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206068 on 11 October 2012 .
2. Erronea caurica (Linnaeus). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
3. Erronea errones (Linnaeus). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.
4. Erronea onyx (Linnaeus). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 June 2010.

External links

• Troschel, F. H. (1856-1893). Das Gebiss der Schnecken zur Begründung einer natürlichen Classification. Nicolaische Verlagsbuchhandlung, Berlin.
• Jousseaume, F. (1884). Division des Cypraeidae. Le Naturaliste. 6(52): 414-415
• Iredale, T. (1930). Queensland molluscan notes, No. 2. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 10(1): 73-88, pl. 9
• Iredale, T. (1935). Australian cowries. The Australian Zoologist. 8(2): 96-135, pls 8-9