OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Cypraeidae 

Lyncina sulcidentata (Gray, 1824)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Cypraea sulcidentata Gray, 1824
   Cypraea sulcidentata var. xanthochrysa Melvill, 1888

Distribution

  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Polynesia: Hawaiian Islands (Sandwich Islands)

Keywords

depth: continental shelf [ to 40 metres ]
depth: intertidal 
depth: shallow subtidal 
depth: subtidal 
habitat: coral reef 

References

 Burgess, C.M. 1985. p.95 [ as Cypraea sulcidentata ]  General reference
 Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. p.72 General reference

Classification

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

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=52433) created by Shannon Reid on 2001-09-27. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-05-12.