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Class: Gastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cypraeidae cowries

Genus: Erosaria

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21 species (see list below)
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Max. Length 2.5 cm ShL
 
Erosaria albuginosa
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Max. Length 1.8 cm ShL
 
Erosaria beckii
[Beck's cowry]
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Erosaria bernardi
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Max. Length 3.5 cm ShL
 
Erosaria boivinii
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Max. Length 3 cm ShL
 
Erosaria cernica
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Max. Length 2.5 cm ShL
 
Erosaria citrina
[]
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Max. Length 4 cm ShL
 
Erosaria eburnea
[Ivory cowry]
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Max. Length 2.5 cm ShL
 
Erosaria englerti
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Erosaria gangranosa
[Gangranous cowrie]
No picture found

Max. Length 6.5 cm ShL
 
Erosaria guttata
[]
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Erosaria helvola
[]

Poppe, Guido and Philippe

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 2 cm ShL
Erosaria labrolineata(Gaskoin, 1849)

Photo by Poppe, Guido and Philippe
 
Erosaria labrolineata
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Erosaria lamarckii
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Max. Length 2 cm ShL
 
Erosaria macandrewi
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No picture found

Max. Length 2.5 cm ShL
 
Erosaria marginalis
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Max. Length 5 cm ShL
 
Erosaria miliaris
[Miliaris cowrie]
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Max. Length 3.5 cm ShL
 
Erosaria nebrites
[Nebrite cowrie]
No picture found

Max. Length 3 cm ShL
 
Erosaria ocellata
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.5 cm ShL
 
Erosaria poraria
[Porous cowry]
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Max. Length 1.8 cm ShL
 
Erosaria thomasi
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Erosaria turdus
[Thrush cowry]


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