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.[1]

Erronea caurica
Erronea caurica, dorsal view
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Cypraeoidea
Family:
Cypraeidae
Genus:
Erronea
Species:
E. caurica
Binomial name
Erronea caurica
Synonyms[1]
  • Cypraea caurica Linnaeus, 1758
  • Cypraea derosa Gmelin, 1791
  • Cypraea lurica (misspelling)
  • Erronea caurica corrosa (Gronovius, 1781) (unavailable name)
  • Ovatipsa caurica (Linnaeus, 1758)

Subspecies

The following subspecies are recognized :

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

Description
Erronea caurica, side view

These cowries reach 35–55 millimetres (1.4–2.2 in) 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
  1. Erronea caurica (Linnaeus). WoRMS (2010). Erronea caurica (Linnaeus). 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=216861 on 11 October 2010 .
  • 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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