OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Cypraeidae 

Nesiocypraea midwayensis Azuma & Kurohara, 1967

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Cypraea midwayensis
   Nesiocypraea midwayensis Azuma & Kurohara, 1967

Distribution

  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China: East China Sea

Keywords

depth: continental slope [ 350-550 metres ]

References

 Burgess, C.M. 1985. p.261 [{as Cypraea midwayensis}]  General reference
 Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. p.109 General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Littorinimorpha
                      Cypraeoidea
                        Cypraeidae Gray, 1824
                          Cypraeovulinae Schilder, 1927
                            Nesiocypraea Azuma & Kurohara, 1967
                              Nesiocypraea midwayensis Azuma & Kurohara, 1967

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=52572) created by Shannon Reid on 2001-09-28. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2002-09-17.