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Erronea errones Wandering Cowry, Erroneous Cowry

Erronea errones is commonly referred to as Wandering Cowry, Erroneous Cowry. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. A aquarium size of at least 160 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Profilbild Urheber Harry Rose, Australia

Erronea errones 1.Wandering or Erroneous Cowry (Erronea errones [syn Cypraea errones]) WGS84 -29.815938, 153.294041

Found in intertidal pools at Diggers Camp on the north coast of NSW Australia.2013.
Courtesy of the author Harry Rose, Australia Harry Rose, Australia. Please visit www.flickr.com for more information.

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lexID:
3367 
AphiaID:
216859 
Scientific:
Erronea errones 
German:
Wandernde-Kauri 
English:
Wandering Cowry, Erroneous Cowry 
Category:
Ślimaki 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Cypraeidae (Family) > Erronea (Genus) > errones (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Linnaeus, ), 1758 
Occurrence:
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Australia, China, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Madagascar, Malaysia, New Caledonia, Philippines, Samoa, Tansania 
Sea depth:
0 - 30 Meter 
Size:
0.39" - 1.57" (1,3cm - 4,5cm) 
Temperature:
73.4 °F - 82.4 °F (23°C - 28°C) 
Food:
Algae (Algivore) 
Tank:
35.2 gal (~ 160L)  
Difficulty:
There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2021-09-04 13:31:25 

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Erronea errones (Linnaeus, 1758)

This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along Madagascar and Tanzania.These cowries live in shallow tropical waters at low tide, usually under rocks or stones, feeding on algae.

Synonymised names:
Cypraea coxi Brazier, 1872 (junior synonym)
Cypraea errones Linnaeus, 1758
Cypraea errones var. chrysophaea Melvill, 1888
Erronea errones errones (Linnaeus, 1758)· accepted, alternate representation

Direct children (3):
Subspecies Erronea errones azurea Schilder, 1968
Subspecies Erronea errones bimaculata (Gray, 1824) (taxon inquirendum)
Subspecies Erronea errones errones (Linnaeus, 1758) represented as Erronea errones (Linnaeus, 1758)

External links

  1. Coastal and Marine Biodiversity Integration Network (multi). Abgerufen am 04.09.2021.
  2. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 03.09.2021.
  3. WoRMS (en). Abgerufen am 03.09.2021.

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Erronea errones 1.Wandering or Erroneous Cowry (Erronea errones [syn Cypraea errones]) WGS84 -29.815938, 153.294041
Erronea errones 5 poor.Wandering or Erroneous Cowry (Erronea errones [syn Cypraea errones])WGS84 -29.815938, 153.294041
Erronea errones 4.Wandering or Erroneous Cowry (Erronea errones [syn Cypraea errones])WGS84 -29.815938, 153.294041
Erronea errones 3.Wandering or Erroneous Cowry (Erronea errones [syn Cypraea errones]) WGS84 -29.815938, 153.294041

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