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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CYPRAEIDAE: ERRONEINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Cypraeoidea (Superfamily)
> Cypraeidae (Family)
> Erroneinae (Subfamily)
> Talostolida (Genus)
> teres (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Cypraea teres Gmelin, 1791
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Taxonomy
Family: Subfamily:
CYPRAEIDAE: ERRONEINAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Caenogastropoda (Subclass)
> Littorinimorpha (Order)
> Cypraeoidea (Superfamily)
> Cypraeidae (Family)
> Erroneinae (Subfamily)
> Talostolida (Genus)
> teres (Species)
Synonymised Names:
=Cypraea teres Gmelin, 1791
Details: Talostolida teres (Gmelin, 1791)
Distribution:
Kermadec Islands, from 20-30m
Notes:
Cowrie, Marine, Native - Non-endemic
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References and Publications
  • Brook, F.J., Marshall, B.A. 1998 The coastal molluscan fauna of the northern Kermadec Islands, southwest Pacific Ocean, Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 28 (p.219)

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil