Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Cypraeoidea Subfamily Erroneinae Genus Erronea | Class Gastropoda Family Cypraeidae Phylum Mollusca Rank Species | |
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Similar Erronea, Erronea onyx, Erronea pyriformis, Notadusta hungerfordi, Palmadusta diluculum | ||
Erronea adusta, common name the chocolate beauty or tanned/dark onyx cowry, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.
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Description
The shells of these cowries reach on average 23–58 millimetres (0.91–2.28 in) of length. The dorsum surface of Erronea adusta is smooth, shiny and generally dark brown. The base is also dark brown, usually with orange teeth. The interior of the shell is pale purple.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Indian Ocean along East Africa (mainly Kenya, Mascarene, Mauritius and Tanzania).
Habitat
Erronea adusta lives in the tropical and subtropical zones, in shallow subtidal water.
References
Erronea adusta Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA