OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Cypraeidae 

Zoila marginata marginata (Gaskoin, 1849)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Cypraea marginata Gaskoin, 1849
   Zoila marginata consueta Biraghi, 1993

Common Name

Margin Cowry p.58, pl.153      Coleman, N. 1975.  

Distribution

Abrolhos Islands southwards to Augusta, Western Australia

  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricLower W coast
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaWestern Australia
  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereAustralia (S)Western Australia

Keywords

depth: continental shelf [to 50 m]
depth: subtidal [from 5 m]
habitat: crevices 

References

 Lorenz, F. 2001. p.30 General reference
 Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. p.47 General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Littorinimorpha
                      Cypraeoidea
                        Cypraeidae Gray, 1824
                          Bernayinae Schilder, 1927
                            Zoila Jousseaume, 1884
                              Zoila marginata (Gaskoin, 1849)
                                Zoila marginata marginata (Gaskoin, 1849)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=52165) created by Shannon Reid on 2001-09-25. Record last updated by dsherman on 2004-02-23.