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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Volutidae 

Cymbiola pulchra woolacootae McMichael, 1958

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Aulicina perryi Ostergaard & Summers, 1957
   Cymbiolacca pulchra woolacottae McMichael, 1958

Common Name

Heron Island Volute p.115 [as Cymbiolacca pulchra woolacottae]      Rippingale, O.H. & McMichael, D.F. 1961.  
Beautiful Volute p.115 [as Cymbiolacca pulchra woolacottae]      Rippingale, O.H. & McMichael, D.F. 1961.  

Distribution

Lady Musgrave Island {POPPE1992A}, Capricorn and Bunker Group Islands, and in some of the southeastern Cays of Swain Reefs {Bail&Limpus1998}.

  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Queensland
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland

Keywords

depth: intertidal [ in shallow water (low tide or a few metres) {POPPE1992A}. ]
habitat: coral reef 
substrate: sand [ clear sand between coral blocks {POPPE1992A} ]

References

 Bail, P. & Limpus, A. 1998. p.7 [ synonymy (includes Aucilina perryi Ostergaard & Summers, 1957), distribution and description. ]  General reference
 Poppe, G.T. & Goto, Y. 1992. p.175, pl. 79, figs. 6-8 [ synonymy, distribution, habitat, description and remarks ]  General reference
 Wilson, B. 1994. p.122, pl. 18, figs. 8a-c [ description, distribution and habitat, as Cymbiola pulchra froma woolacottae. ]  General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Volutoidea
                        Volutidae Rafinesque, 1815
                          Cymbiolinae Bondarev, 1995
                            Cymbiola Swainson, 1831
                              Cymbiola pulchra (Sowerby, 1825)
                                Cymbiola pulchra woolacootae McMichael, 1958

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=38772) created by Shannon Reid on 2001-02-19. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2001-07-30.