Eratoena sulcifera

Eratoena sulcifera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Velutinoidea
Family:	Triviidae
Subfamily:	Eratoinae
Genus:	Eratoena
Species:	E. sulcifera
Binomial name
	Eratoena sulcifera; (Gray in G.B. Sowerby I, 1832)
Synonyms
	Erato sulcifera Gray in G.B. Sowerby I, 1832 (basionym); Ovulum corrugatum Hinds, R.B., 1844; Proterato capensis Schilder, 1933; Proterato sulcifera (Gray in G.B. Sowerby I, 1832); Proterato (Eratoena) schmeltziana Crosse, H., 1867;

Eratoena sulcifera is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Triviidae, the false cowries or trivias.^[1]

Description

The shell size varies between 3 mm and 5 mm

This species is distributed in the Indo-West Pacific, in French Polynesia and along the Aldabra Atoll.

^ ^a ^b 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 .

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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