OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Cypraeidae 

Lyncina schilderorum (Iredale, 1939)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Cypraea schilderorum
   Cypraea arenosa Gray, 1824
   Ponda schilderorum Iredale, 1939

Distribution

Northern and Central Pacific

  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China: Japan: Ryukyu Islands (Loo-Chu Islands, Nansi-Shoto): Okinawa
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania

Keywords

depth: continental shelf [ to 30 metres ]
depth: intertidal 
depth: shallow subtidal 
depth: subtidal 
substrate: rubble 
substrate: under coral 

References

 Burgess, C.M. 1985. p.93 [ as Cypraea schilderorum ]  General reference
 Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. p.71 General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Littorinimorpha
                      Cypraeoidea
                        Cypraeidae Gray, 1824
                          Cypraeinae Gray, 1824
                            Lyncina Troschel, 1863
                              Lyncina schilderorum (Iredale, 1939)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=52428) created by Shannon Reid on 2001-09-27. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2002-09-12.