Smith, Maxwell 1948 - Triton, Helmut & Harp Shells, P41-42
List as a form of erinaceus (Linne')
Simply states Indo-Pacific region
Kreipl, Kurt 1997 - Recent Cassidae, Verlag Christa Hemmen Pub, pp
43-44
List C. vibex as a synonym of C. erinaceus
Range: Red Sea, East Africa to Meleanesia and Micronesia
Abbott, RT 1968 - Indo-Pacific Mollusca, Vol 2, #9, Helmut Shells of
the World - Cassidae Part 1, Casmaria P190 (12-702)
List C. vibex as a synonym of C. erinaceus
Casmaria erinaceus & C. ponderosa range from: (If you'll get your map
out)
The central South pacific, noth tip if New Zealand, eastern and
northern Austrailia, across the Indian Ocean, south of Matagascar, up
the east coast of Africa, throughout the Red Sea, Around the arabian
Penensula, bypassing the Persian Gulf, arount India, bypassing the
northern half of the Bay of Bengali, Throughout all of southeast
Asia, North to southern Korea, the southern half of Japan, across to
Hawaii and backn down to the south central pacific.
Leslie Allen Crnkovic
HARF/IMCS
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