OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Cypraeidae
Purpuradusta oryzaeformis Lorenz & Sterba, 1999
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Purpuradusta oryzaeformis Lorenz & Sterba, 1999
Common Name
Rice-grain Cowry p.149 Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000.
Distribution
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Polynesia: French Polynesia (Polynesie Francaise): Tuamotu Archipelago (Iles Tuamotu)
Keywords
depth: shallow subtidal
substrate: in coral rubble
References
Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. p.149 General reference
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Visceroconcha
Gastropoda
Orthogastropoda
Caenogastropoda
Sorbeoconcha
Hypsogastropoda
Littorinimorpha
Cypraeoidea
Cypraeidae Gray, 1824
Cypraeovulinae Schilder, 1927
Purpuradusta Schilder, 1939
Purpuradusta oryzaeformis Lorenz & Sterba, 1999
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=52814) created by Shannon Reid on 2001-10-02. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2002-09-23.