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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Cypraeidae
Mauritia arabica arabica (Linnaeus, 1758)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Arabica arabica auct.
Cypraea arabica Linnaeus, 1758
Cypraea fragilis Linnaeus, 1758
Cypraea canaliculata Röding, 1798
Cypraea intermedia Gray, 1824
Cypraea arabica var. prasina Shaw, 1909
Cypraea arabica var. albina Sulliotti, 1924
Cypraea arabica var. induta Sulliotti, 1924
Cypraea arabica var. splendens Gyngell, 1924
Mauritia (Arabica) arabica dilacerata Schilder & Schilder, 1939
Mauritia (Arabica) arabica brunnescens Cate, 1964
Common Name
Arabic Cowry p.124, pl.21, f.2 Allan, J. 1950.
Arabian Cowry p.56, pl.144 Coleman, N. 1975.
Distribution
Indo-West Pacific; Shark Bay, WA to central NSW {WILSON1993A}
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Central W coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Gulf of Carp.
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Lower E coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: N coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NW coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: New South Wales
ABRS Regions: Australia: Northern Territory
ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China: Cambodia
Try, I. 2001. p.397
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Philippines
Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. p.87
Keywords
depth: intertidal
habitat: coral reef [{under coral stabs and stones {Lorenz&Hubert2000}}]
References
Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. p.59 General reference
Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. p.58 Contains synonymy
Wilson, B. 1993. p.184, pl. 31, figs. 8a-c General reference
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Visceroconcha
Gastropoda
Orthogastropoda
Caenogastropoda
Sorbeoconcha
Hypsogastropoda
Littorinimorpha
Cypraeoidea
Cypraeidae Gray, 1824
Cypraeinae Gray, 1824
Mauritia Troschel, 1863
Mauritia arabica (Linnaeus, 1758)
Mauritia arabica arabica (Linnaeus, 1758)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=52392) created by Shannon Reid on 2001-09-26. Record last updated by dsherman on 2004-02-23.