Shells of South
East Queensland

Tweed Heads to Noosa
Cypraeidae

Erronea xanthodon

(Sowerby I,1832)
Shell: moderately small, pyriform , ranging from 27-30 mm. Spire concealed. Teeth: 17 to 19 columellar teeth; 18 to 20 labral teeth. Sculpture: smooth, porcelaneous. Exterior colour pale green or blue crossed by 3 darker brown bands covered in diffuse brown speckles which may form a central lblotch; base fawn to orange brown with teeth stained darker; darker spots on the margins; pairs of terminal spots.


Specimens

The Wrecks to Myora Light,  Australia
 Size: mm    Collected: 1989
found under slabs of coral with sand, mud and coral rubble bottom 0.4m tide
Myora Light,  Australia
 Size: mm    Collected: 1989
under coral slab in 50cm of water on snad, mud and coral rubble bottom 0.4m tide
Caloundra [Nth Headland],  Australia
 Size: 27mm    Collected: Unknown
On rock platform at low tide.
Curtis Island,  Australia
 Size: 28.57mm    Collected: 1964
No data
Swains Reef,  Australia
 Size: 29.38mm    Collected: Unknown
Collected by d iver.
Mackay,  Australia
 Size: 22.61mm    Collected: 1976
No data.

Shoalwater Bay,  Australia
 Size: 30.86mm    Collected: 1964
Collected from under granite rocks exposed at low tide.
Secret Beach,  Australia
 Size: 24.41mm    Collected: Unknown
Collected from Under rocks on coral and rock reef at 2-3 m by Snorkel. Dead collected
Spider Bay,  Australia
 Size: 24.97mm    Collected: Unknown
Collected from under algae covered rocks and coral slabs on slightly silty rock and coral reef at 2-3 m by hand [low tide] at extreme low tide [-0.2m].

Stanage Bay,  Australia
 Size: 31.71mm    Collected: Unknown
Collected from under algae covered rocks and coral slabs on slightly silty rock and coral reef at 2-3 m by hand [low tide] at extreme low tide.

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