Erosaria caputserpentis   (Linnaeus,  1758) (Sea Snail)
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Taxonomy
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order:Littorinimorpha
Family:Cypraeidae
Description
Size: Length 27.50 - 32.55 mm, height 13.80 - 15.30 mm, maximum breadth 22.35 - 24.40 mm

Color: Dorsum brown reticulate in appearance with irregular white specks; sides thickened angulate and dark chestnut; base and sides of lips buff color; teeth large white, interstices greyish white

The species is easily distinguishable by its glossy brown color and white lacunar spaces. Shell is deltoid, humpy, heavy with expanded margins.
Synonym (s)
• Cypraea caputserpentis Linnaeus, 1958
• Cypraea caputserpentis Smith, 1906
• Erosaria caputserpentis Mookherjee, 1985
• Erosaria (Ravitrona) caputserpentis Schilder and Schilder, 1938
Common Name (s)
Economic Importance and Threats
Ecology
Habitat:  Reef Associated
Biogeography


• Lakshadweep, Kavaratti INDIA (Record: 9/2/1986)
• Lakshadweep INDIA
• Andhra Pradesh, Vishakhapatnam INDIA
• Tamil Nadu, Chennai INDIA
• Tamil Nadu, Krusadai Island INDIA
• Tamil Nadu, Pamban INDIA
• Tamil Nadu, Rameswaram INDIA
• Andaman and Nicobar Islands INDIA
• Tamil Nadu, Rameswaram INDIA (Record: 1/2/1975)
• Lakshadweep INDIA
• Tamil Nadu, Shingle Island INDIA
• Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Andaman Island INDIA
• Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Car Nicobar Island INDIA
• MADAGASCAR
• Reunion Island
• Zanzibar Island TANZANIA
• MAURITIUS
• SEYCHELLES
• Tamil Nadu, Gulf of Mannar INDIA
Literature Source(s)
  • (2002) Lakshadweep Islands biodiversity strategy and action plan (Version: 3)
  • Gulbin, VV and Evseev, GA (1997) Intertidal Prosobranch Gastropods of Vietnam Galaxea Ryukyus University, Japan 13(2) 157-166 Available at - NIO, RC Kochi
  • Society for the Management of European Biodiversity Data (2009) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) Available at - http://www.marinespecies.org
  • Surya Rao, KV and Subba Rao, NV (1991) Mollusca State fauna series 2: Fauna of Lakshadweep ZSI, Calcutta 273-362 Available at - NIO, Goa
  • Mookherjee, HP (1985) Contributions to the Molluscan fauna of India, Part III. Marine molluscs of the Coromandel coast, Palk Bay and Gulf of Mannar - Gastropoda: Mesogastropoda (Part-2) Records of the Zoological Survey of India. Occasional paper no. 75 ZSI, Calcutta 93 pp Available at - NIO, Goa
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