Erronea caurica

Erronea caurica, common name the thick-edged cowry, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.

Subspecies
The following subspecies are recognized :
 * Erronea caurica algida Bozzetti, 2018
 * Erronea caurica blaesa Iredale, 1939
 * Erronea caurica caurica (Linnaeus, 1758)
 * Erronea caurica chrismeyeri Lorenz, 2017
 * Erronea caurica dracaena (Born, 1778)
 * Erronea caurica elongata (Perry, 1811)
 * Erronea caurica insolita Bozzetti, 2017
 * Erronea caurica mayottensis Vachon & Verneau, 2017 (synonym of Erronea caurica quinquefasciata (Röding, 1798) )
 * Erronea caurica nabeqensis Heiman & Mienis, 2000
 * Erronea caurica quinquefasciata (Röding, 1798)
 * Erronea caurica samoensis Lorenz, 2002
 * Erronea caurica thachi F. Huber, 2020

Description
These cowries reach 35 - 55 mm of length. Their shape is elongated and the basic color is light brown or yellowish, with a pinkish underside and brown spots on the edge.

Distribution
The species and its subspecies are distributed in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean along Aldabra, Chagos, the Comores, East Africa, Kenya, Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin, Mauritius, Mozambique, Réunion, the Seychelles, Somalia and Tanzania.