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Erosaria gangranosa (Dillwyn, 1817)

216856  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:216856)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Gastropoda (Class)
  5. Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
  6. Littorinimorpha (Order)
  7. Cypraeoidea (Superfamily)
  8. Cypraeidae (Family)
  9. Erosariinae (Subfamily)
  10. Erosaria (Genus)
  11. Erosaria gangranosa (Species)
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marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Cypraea gangranosa Dillwyn, 1817) Dillwyn, L. W. (1817). A descriptive catalogue of Recent shells, arranged according to the Linnean method; with particular attention to the synonymy. John and Arthur Arch, London, Vol. 1: 1-580 pp.; Vol. 2: 581-1092 pp. + index [29 pp.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11670899
page(s): 465 [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Erosaria gangranosa (Dillwyn, 1817). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216856 on 2025-06-14
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1997-08-08 05:35:53Z
created
Onyango, Eunice
2010-10-02 22:08:23Z
changed
Rosenberg, Gary
2018-03-14 18:30:55Z
changed
Bouchet, Philippe

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Nomenclature

original description (of Cypraea gangranosa Dillwyn, 1817) Dillwyn, L. W. (1817). A descriptive catalogue of Recent shells, arranged according to the Linnean method; with particular attention to the synonymy. John and Arthur Arch, London, Vol. 1: 1-580 pp.; Vol. 2: 581-1092 pp. + index [29 pp.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11670899
page(s): 465 [details] 

basis of record Verdcourt, B. (1954). The cowries of the East African Coast (Kenya, Tanganyika, Zanzibar and Pemba). Journal of the East Africa Natural History Society 22(4) 96: 129-144, 17 pls. [details] 

Other

additional source Steyn, D. G. & Lussi, M. (2005). <i>Offshore shells of southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 gastropods</i>. Published by the authors. pp. i–vi, 1–289.
page(s): 53 [details] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) 
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 2 proteins) 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection 

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