Cypraea erythraeensis

Taxonomy

Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom: Animalia () - Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
  - Subkingdom: Bilateria () - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
    - Branch: Protostomia () - Grobben, 1908
      - Infrakingdom: Lophotrochozoa ()
        Superphylum: Eutrochozoa ()
        Phylum: Mollusca () - (Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795 - Molluscs
        Class: Gastropoda () - Cuvier, 1795 - Snails and Slugs
        Subclass: Orthogastropoda () - Ponder & Lindberg, 1996
        Superorder: Caenogastropoda () - Cox, 1960
        Order: Caenogastropoda () - Ponder & Lindberg, 1997
        Suborder: Hypsogastropoda () - Ponder & Lindberg, 1997
        Infraorder: Littorinimorpha () - Golikov & Starobogatov, 1975
        Superfamily: Cypraeoidea () - C.s. Rafinesque, 1815
        Family: Cypraeidae () - Rafinesque, 1815
        Genus: Cypraea () - Linnaeus, 1758
        Specific name: erythraeensis - Sowerby, 1837
        Scientific name: - Cypraea erythraeensis

Similar Species

Members of the genus Cypraea

There are approximately 657 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

C. achatidea · C. achatidea inopinata · C. achatidea longinqua · C. achatina · C. acicularis · C. aequinoctialis · C. albata · C. albrigino · C. albuginosa · C. alfredensis · C. algoensis · C. algoensis sanfrancisca · C. alisonae · C. aloyensis · C. amphitales · C. amphithales · C. androyensis · C. angustata · C. angustata subcarnea · C. annae · C. annetta · C. annettae · C. annularis · C. annulata · C. annulus · C. annulus de · C. annulus obvelata · C. annulus sublitorea · C. anulus · C. arabica · C. arabica arabica · C. arabica asiatica · C. arabica depressa · C. arabica grayana · C. arabica grayona · C. arabica immanis · C. arabicula · C. araneosa · C. arenosa · C. argus · C. argus argus · C. argus contrastriata · C. armeniaca · C. armeniaca brunnea · C. artuffeli · C. artuffelli · C. asellus · C. auranteum · C. aurantia · C. aurantium (Golden Cowrie) · C. aurantuium · C. aurora · C. auvatium · C. avenosa · C. barclayi · C. becki · C. beckii · C. bensoni · C. berryessae · C. bicolor · C. bistrinotata · C. bistrinotata bistrinotata · C. bistrinotata keelingensis · C. bistrinotata mediocris · C. bistronotata · C. boivini · C. boivinii · C. boivinii cuatoni · C. boucheti · C. bouteti · C. bowerbanki · C. bregeriana · C. brevidentata · C. brevidentata fluctuans · C. broderipi · C. bullaria · C. burgessi · C. camelopardalis · C. camelopardis · C. capensis · C. capensis gorda · C. capricornica · C. caput · C. caput-serpentis · C. caputdraconis · C. caputophidii · C. caputserpen · C. caputserpensis · C. caputserpentis · C. caputserpentis caputanguis · C. caputserpentis caputophidii · C. caputserpentis kenyonae · C. carneola · C. carneola carneola · C. carneola crassa · C. carneola leviathan · C. carneola propinqua · C. carolinensis · C. cassiaui · C. castanea

Bibliography

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Lorenz & Hubert, 1993, A Guide to Wolrdwide Cowries, pg.175.

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Contributors

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed December 06, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
MBLWHOI Library: Universal Biological Index and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 31, 2008.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 06, 2007:

Academy of Natural Sciences, Academy of Natural Sciences Malacology Database

Identifiers

Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 1912537
Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 16073222
Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2087355