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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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
[edit]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
[edit]This species is distributed along the Gulf of Oman, the Philippines and in the Indian Ocean along Kenya.
References
[edit]- ^ a b 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
[edit]- Encyclopedia of Life
- "Erronea pallida". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
- OBIS
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