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Erosaria gangranosa reentsii (Dunker, 1852) 
AphiaID: 223978

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Cypraeoidea (Superfamily) > Cypraeidae (Family) > Erosaria (Genus) > Erosaria gangranosa (Species)
Status species inquirenda
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Subspecies
Parent Erosaria gangranosa (Dillwyn, 1817)
Synonymised
taxa
  Cypraea gangranosa reentsii Dunker, 1852
Source Not documented
Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English gangrene cowry  [details]
Environment marine
Distribution East Africa [details]
Kenya (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Note  Validity: DNA tested by Chris Meyer (CGDP) and not recognized as an Evolutionarily Significant Unit (ESU). Until more evidence becomes available to validate it, it should be considered a species inquirenda. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:223978
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
1997-08-08 05:35:53Z  created  Onyango, Eunice
2010-10-02 22:08:23Z  changed  Rosenberg, Gary
2012-11-24 01:20:16Z  changed  Moretzsohn, Fabio
  
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  Citation: Moretzsohn, F.; Rosenberg, G. (2013). Erosaria gangranosa reentsii (Dunker, 1852). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=223978 on 2013-06-19
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