''Erronea'' is a

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sea snail Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...

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gastropod Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...

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Cypraeidae Cypraeidae, common name, commonly named the cowries ( cowry or cowrie), is a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic family (biology), family of small to large sea snails. These are marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Cypraeoidea, ...

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Species

Species within the genus ''Erronea'' include: * ''

Erronea adusta ''Erronea adusta'', common name the chocolate beauty or tanned/dark onyx cowry, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family (biology), family Cypraeidae, the cowries. This species was formerly regarded as a subspe ...

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Lamarck Jean-Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, chevalier de Lamarck (1 August 1744 – 18 December 1829), often known simply as Lamarck (; ), was a French naturalist, biologist, academic, and soldier. He was an early proponent of the idea that biolo ...

, 1810) * ''

Erronea angioyorum ''Erronea'' is a genus of sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the family (biology), family Cypraeidae, the cowries. Species Species within the genus ''Erronea'' include: * ''Erronea adusta'' (Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, Lamarck, ...

'' Biraghi, 1978 * ''

Erronea caurica ''Erronea caurica'', common name the thick-edged cowry, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries. Subspecies The following subspecies are recognized : * ''Erronea caurica algida'' Bozz ...

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Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming o ...

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, 1778) * ''

Erronea errones ''Erronea errones'', the wandering cowry or erroneous cowry, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries. Description These very common shells reach on average of length, with a maximum s ...

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Erronea fernandoi ''Erronea'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries. Species Species within the genus ''Erronea'' include: * '' Erronea adusta'' (Lamarck, 1810) * ''Erronea angioyorum'' Biraghi, 1978 * ''Erron ...

'' Cate, 1969 * ''

Erronea garyi ''Erronea'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries. Species Species within the genus ''Erronea'' include: * '' Erronea adusta'' (Lamarck, 1810) * ''Erronea angioyorum'' Biraghi, 1978 * ''Erron ...

'' Petuch, Berschauer & D. B. Waller, 2019 * ''

Erronea nymphae ''Erronea'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries. Species Species within the genus ''Erronea'' include: * '' Erronea adusta'' (Lamarck, 1810) * ''Erronea angioyorum'' Biraghi, 1978 * ''Erron ...

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, 1850) * ''

Erronea onyx ''Erronea onyx'', common name the onyx cowry, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family (biology), family Cypraeidae, the cowries. Description The shells of these quite common cowries reach on average of leng ...

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Erronea ovum ''Erronea ovum'', common name the egg cowry, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family (biology), family Cypraeidae, the cowries. Description The shells of these quite common cowries reach on average of lengt ...

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, 1791) * ''

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. Description The shell size varies between 13 mm and 34 mm. The dorsum surface is usuall ...

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, 1824) * ''

Erronea pyriformis ''Erronea pyriformis'', common name the pear-shaped cowrie, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries. Description The shells of these quite uncommon cowries reach on average of length, ...

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, 1824) * ''

Erronea rabaulensis ''Erronea'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries. Species Species within the genus ''Erronea'' include: * '' Erronea adusta'' (Lamarck, 1810) * ''Erronea angioyorum'' Biraghi, 1978 * ''Erron ...

'' Schilder, 1964 * '' Erronea subviridis'' ( Reeve, 1835) * ''

Erronea vredenburgi ''Erronea'' is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries. Species Species within the genus ''Erronea'' include: * ''Erronea adusta'' (Lamarck, 1810) * ''Erronea angioyorum'' Biraghi, 1978 * ''Errone ...

'' Schilder, 1927 * '' Erronea xanthodon'' (

in Sowerby I, 1832) ; Species brought into synonymy: * ''Erronea angustata'' (

, 1791): synonym of '' Notocypraea angustata'' (Gmelin, 1791) * ''Erronea bealsi'' Mock, 1996: synonym of ''Paradusta hungerfordi bealsi'' (Mock, 1996) (original combination) * ''Erronea bregeriana'' ( Crosse, 1868): synonym of ''

Contradusta bregeriana ''Contradusta bregeriana'' is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Contradusta bregeriana (Crosse, 1868). Accessed through: Worl ...

'' (Crosse, 1868) * ''Erronea chinensis'' (

, 1791): synonym of '' Ovatipsa chinensis'' (Gmelin, 1791) * ''Erronea coloba'' ( Melvill, 1888): synonym of '' Ovatipsa coloba'' (Melvill, 1888) * ''Erronea donghaiensis'' Ma, 1997: synonym of ''Paradusta hungerfordi hungerfordi'' (G. B. Sowerby III, 1888) * ''Erronea hungerfordi'' (

Sowerby III George Brettingham Sowerby III (London, 16 September 1843 – 31 January 1921) was a British conchologist, publisher, and illustrator. He was the eldest son of G. B. Sowerby II. At the age of seventeen or eighteen, he began his career as a conc ...

, 1888): synonym of '' Paradusta hungerfordi'' (G. B. Sowerby III, 1888) * ''Erronea japonica'' Schilder, 1931: synonym of ''Purpuradusta gracilis notata'' (Gill, 1858) (synonym) * ''Erronea langfordi'' Kuroda, 1938: synonym of '' Austrasiatica langfordi'' (Kuroda, 1938) (original combination) * ''Erronea listeri'' (

, 1824): synonym of '' Melicerona listeri'' (Gray, 1824) * ''Erronea pulchella'' ( Swainson, 1823): synonym of ''

Ficadusta pulchella ''Ficadusta pulchella'' is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Cypraeidae Cypraeidae, common name, commonly named the cowries ( cowry or cowrie), is a Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic family (biology), famil ...

'' (Swainson, 1823) * ''Erronea succincta'' (

): synonym of ''

'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * ''Erronea teramachii'' Kuroda, 1938: synonym of '' Nesiocypraea teramachii'' (Kuroda, 1938) (original combination) * ''Erronea walkeri'' ( Sowerby I, 1832): synonym of '' Contradusta walkeri'' (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832) * ''Erronea weaveri'' Walls, 1980: synonym of '' Ficadusta barclayi'' (Reeve, 1857) Cypraea_onyx_S2-21_37mm

References

External links

Troschel, F. H. (1856-1893). Das Gebiss der Schnecken zur Begründung einer natürlichen Classification. Nicolaische Verlagsbuchhandlung, Berlin.

Jousseaume, F. (1884). Division des Cypraeidae. Le Naturaliste. 6(52): 414-415

Iredale, T. (1930). Queensland molluscan notes, No. 2. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 10(1): 73-88, pl. 9

Iredale, T. (1935). Australian cowries. The Australian Zoologist. 8(2): 96-135, pls 8-9
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