OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Cypraeidae 

Cypraeovula edentula edentula (Gray, 1825)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Cypraea edentula Gray, 1825

Distribution

Cape St Francis to northern Transkei

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

Keywords

depth: continental shelf [ to 25 metres ]
depth: subtidal [ from 5 metres ]
substrate: under stones [{and spongesf1 }]

References

 Burgess, C.M. 1985. p.33 [ as Cypraea edentula ]  General reference
 Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. p.88 General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Littorinimorpha
                      Cypraeoidea
                        Cypraeidae Gray, 1824
                          Cypraeovulinae Schilder, 1927
                            Cypraeovula Gray, 1824
                              Cypraeovula edentula (Gray, 1825)
                                Cypraeovula edentula edentula (Gray, 1825)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=52546) created by Shannon Reid on 2001-09-27. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2002-09-02.