OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Muricidae
Muricopsis cuspidatus (Sowerby, 1879)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Murex cuspidatus Sowerby, 1879
Common Name
Spiked Coral Shell p.146 [For Murexiella cuspidatus] Coleman, N. 1981.
Distribution
Western Pacific from Japan to New Caledonia and central Qld {WILSON1993B}
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific
ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
Keywords
depth: intertidal
depth: subtidal
substrate: coral
References
Ponder, W.F. 1972. p.242, pl. 22, figs. 6-8, text fig. 3: 26 General reference
Wilson, B. 1994. p.39 General reference
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Visceroconcha
Gastropoda
Orthogastropoda
Caenogastropoda
Sorbeoconcha
Hypsogastropoda
Neogastropoda
Muricoidea
Muricidae Fleming, 1828
Muricopsinae Radwin & D'Attilio, 1971
Muricopsis Bucquoy & Dautzenberg, 1882
Muricopsis cuspidatus (Sowerby, 1879)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=11141) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by dsherman on 2004-03-03.