''Eratoena sulcifera'' is a

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of small

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, a

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gastropod The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...

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in the

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Eratoidae Eratoidae is a family of predatory sea snails, marine gastropods included in the superfamily Cypraeoidea .MolluscaBase (2018). Eratoidae Gill, 1871. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=t ...

, the false cowries or trivias.

Description

The shell size varies between 3 mm and 5 mm

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indo-West Pacific, in

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and off the

Aldabra Aldabra is the world's second-largest coral atoll, lying south-east of the continent of Africa. It is part of the Aldabra Group of islands in the Indian Ocean that are part of the Outer Islands of the Seychelles, with a distance of 1,120 k ...

Atoll.

References

* 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.

External links

* Triviidae Gastropods described in 1832 Taxa named by John Edward Gray {{Triviidae-stub