Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Cypraeoidea Genus Erronea Phylum Mollusca | Class Gastropoda Family Cypraeidae Scientific name Erronea caurica Rank Species | |
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Similar Erronea, Lyncina carneola, Bistolida stolida, Leporicypraea mappa, Erosaria erosa | ||
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.
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Subspecies
The following subspecies are recognized :
Description
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
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