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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Cypraeidae 

Cypraeovula capensis (Gray, 1828)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Cypraea capensis Gray, 1828
   Cypraea capensis var. elizabethensis Rous, 1905
   Cypraea capensis var. galactina Sulliotti, 1924
   Cypraea albolineata Turton, 1932
   Cypraeovula capensis gonubiensis Massier, 1994

Common Name

Cape (of Good Hope) Cowry p.87      Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000.  

Distribution

Jeffreysbay to Natal

  OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: South Africa (Cape marine Province)

Keywords

depth: continental shelf [rarely trawled from 150 m]
depth: continental slope [to 450 m]
depth: intertidal 
depth: subtidal [8-25 m]
substrate: sand [lives under stones and sponges]

References

 Burgess, C.M. 1985. p.26 [ as Cypraea capensis ]  General reference
 Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. p.87 General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Littorinimorpha
                      Cypraeoidea
                        Cypraeidae Gray, 1824
                          Cypraeovulinae Schilder, 1927
                            Cypraeovula Gray, 1824
                              Cypraeovula capensis (Gray, 1828)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=52537) created by Shannon Reid on 2001-09-27. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-05-29.