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Eratoena sulcifera

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Species of gastropod

Eratoena sulcifera
Shell of Eratoena sulcifera (neotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Eratoidae
Genus: Eratoena
Species: E. sulcifera
Binomial name
Eratoena sulcifera
(Gray in Sowerby, 1832)
Synonyms
  • Erato sulcifera Gray in Sowerby, 1832 (basionym)
  • Ovulum corrugatum Hinds, 1844
  • Proterato capensis Schilder, 1933
  • Proterato sulcifera (Gray in Sowerby, 1832)
  • Proterato (Eratoena) schmeltziana Crosse, 1867

Eratoena sulcifera is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eratoidae, the false cowries or trivias.

Description

The shell size varies between 3 mm and 5 mm. It is typically cream, pink, or pale green in color, and sometimes faintly banded. The shell possesses a dorsal longitudinal groove that is often very indistinct as well as labial and columellar teeth.

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Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indo-West Pacific. Its presence has been noted in French Polynesia and off the Aldabra Atoll. The type locality of this species is contained in the Cape of Good Hope, providing a reference point for its original description and geographical distribution.

References

  1. ^ Eratoena sulcifera (Gray in G.B. Sowerby I, 1832). WoRMS (2010). Eratoena sulcifera (Gray in G.B. Sowerby I, 1832) . Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=517274 on 21 January 2011 .
  2. South African Museum.; Museum, South African (1963). Annals of the South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Vol. v.47, Suppl.:v.45 (1963-1974). Cape Town: South African Museum.
  • Liltved W.R. (2000) Cowries and their relatives of southern Africa. A study of the southern African cypraeacean and velutinacean gastropod fauna. Seacomber Publications. 224 pp. page(s): 191
  • Fehse D. (2010) Contributions to the knowledge of the Eratoidae IV. A new species from Tuamotu, French Polynesia. Spixiana, 33(1):13-18.

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Taxon identifiers
Eratoena sulcifera


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