Eratoena sulcifera (Gray ex G. B. Sowerby I 1832)

Eratoena sulcifera is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Eratoidae, the false cowries or trivias.^[1]

Description

The shell size varies between 3 mm and 5 mm

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indo-West Pacific, in French Polynesia and off the Aldabra 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.