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Erosaria thomasi

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Cypraeidae

Scientific name
  
Erosaria thomasi

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Superfamily
  
Cypraeoidea

Subfamily
  
Erosariinae

Rank
  
Species

Similar
  
Erosaria albuginosa, Erosaria ocellata, Erronea pallida, Erosaria turdus, Erosaria acicularis

Erosaria thomasi is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.

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Description

The shell size varies between 10 mm and 24 mm.

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean along Eritrea and Somalia and in the Pacific along the Marquesas.

References

Erosaria thomasi Wikipedia