Eratoena sulcifera
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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
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Distribution
This species is distributed in the Indo-West Pacific, in French Polynesia and along the Aldabra Atoll.
References
- ^ 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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