OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Cypraeidae
Blasicrura pallidula pallidula (Gaskoin, 1849)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Cypraea quadrimaculata var. pallidula Gaskoin, 1849
Blasicrura rhinoceros vivia Steadman & Cotton, 1943
Common Name
Palish Cowry p.160 Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000.
Distribution
Philippines to Western Pacific
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia
ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: SW coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Central W coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NW coast
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Philippines
Keywords
depth: intertidal
depth: shallow subtidal
depth: subtidal [ to 15 metres
]
habitat: coral reef [ under coral and stones, often amongst seaweed
]
References
Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. p.160 General reference
Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. p.84 General reference
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Visceroconcha
Gastropoda
Orthogastropoda
Caenogastropoda
Sorbeoconcha
Hypsogastropoda
Littorinimorpha
Cypraeoidea
Cypraeidae Gray, 1824
Cypraeovulinae Schilder, 1927
Blasicrura Iredale, 1930
Blasicrura pallidula (Gaskoin, 1849)
Blasicrura pallidula pallidula (Gaskoin, 1849)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=52360) created by Shannon Reid on 2001-09-26. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-07-29.