OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Cypraeidae
Zoila venusta venusta (Sowerby, 1847)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Cypraea venusta Sowerby, 1847
Cypraea thatcheri Cox, 1869
Bernaya catei Schilder, 1963
Common Name
Much Desired Cowry p.61, pl.164 Coleman, N. 1975.
Distribution
Western Australia, from the Abrolhos Islands to the Cervates area
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Lower E coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): Western Australia
Keywords
depth: continental shelf [to 45 m]
depth: subtidal [from 5 m]
References
Lorenz, F. 2001. p.25 General reference
Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. p.43 General reference
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Visceroconcha
Gastropoda
Orthogastropoda
Caenogastropoda
Sorbeoconcha
Hypsogastropoda
Littorinimorpha
Cypraeoidea
Cypraeidae Gray, 1824
Bernayinae Schilder, 1927
Zoila Jousseaume, 1884
Zoila venusta (Sowerby, 1847)
Zoila venusta venusta (Sowerby, 1847)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=52160) created by Shannon Reid on 2001-09-25. Record last updated by dsherman on 2004-02-23.