Erronea pallida

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]

Erronea pallida
Shell of Erronea pallida from India at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Cypraeoidea
Family:
Cypraeidae
Subfamily:
Erroneinae
Genus:
Erronea
Species:
E. pallida
Binomial name
Erronea pallida
(Gray, 1824)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cypraea pallida Gray, 1824
  • Erronea gilva Sulliotti, G.R., 1924

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. 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 .
  • Encyclopedia of Life
  • "Erronea pallida". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
  • OBIS
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