OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Cypraeidae 

Zoila venusta episema (Iredale, 1939)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Zoila episema Iredale, 1939
   Zoila venusta sorrentensis Schilder, 1963

Distribution

Lancelin Island to Augusta, Western Australia

  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 50 m]
depth: shallow subtidal [from 2 m]
depth: subtidal 
habitat: caves [and under ledges]

References

 Lorenz, F. 2001. p.28, 29 [{p. 29 as geographic variation Zoila venusta episema forma sorrentensis}]  General reference
 Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. p.44 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 episema (Iredale, 1939)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=52161) created by Shannon Reid on 2001-09-25. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-05-12.