Biology:Erronea pallida
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Short description: Species of gastropod
| Erronea pallida | |
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| Shell of Erronea pallida from India at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Cypraeidae |
| Genus: | Erronea |
| Species: | E. pallida
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| Binomial name | |
| Erronea pallida (Gray, 1824)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Erronea pallida, common name pale cowry, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.[1]
Description
The shell size varies between 13 mm and 34 mm. The dorsum surface is usually pale brown or greyish, with a darker brown area in the middle, while the base is whitish. It can be found under rocks in turbid or muddy waters at intertidal depth.
Distribution
This species is distributed along the Gulf of Oman, the Philippines and in the Indian Ocean along Kenya.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Erronea pallida. WoRMS (2009). Erronea pallida. Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=529743 on 21 October 2010 .
External links
- Encyclopedia of Life
- "Erronea pallida" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/6/Shell_516.shtml.
- OBIS
Wikidata ☰ Q5395684 entry
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