OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Cypraeidae 

Erronea ovum (Gmelin, 1791)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

Included taxa

   Erronea ovum ovum (Gmelin, 1791)
   Erronea ovum chrysostoma (Schilder, 1927)

Distribution

Central Indo-West Pacific; Micronesia; Abrolhos, WA to central Qld (Wilson, 1993) Southeast Asia to western Pacific (Lorenz & Hubert, 2000)

  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: N coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NW coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Northern Territory
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Gulf of Carp.

References

 Burgess, C.M. 1985. p.249 [{as Cypraea ovum}]  General reference
 Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. p.122 Subspecific arrangement
 Wilson, B. 1993. p.181, pl. 34, figs. 6a-b General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Littorinimorpha
                      Cypraeoidea
                        Cypraeidae Gray, 1824
                          Cypraeovulinae Schilder, 1927
                            Erronea Troschel, 1863
                              Erronea ovum (Gmelin, 1791)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=52596) created by Shannon Reid on 2001-09-28. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2002-09-19.