OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Cypraeidae 

Blasicrura summersi (Schilder, 1958)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Cypraea summersi
   Bistolida (Blasicrura) pallidula summersi Schilder, 1958

Distribution

  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific: Tonga
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific: Fiji

Keywords

depth: intertidal 
depth: shallow subtidal 
depth: subtidal [ to 15 metres ]
habitat: coral reef 
substrate: under rocks [ near vital reef ]

References

 Burgess, C.M. 1985. p.193 [{as Cypraea summersi}]  General reference
 Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. p.161 General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Littorinimorpha
                      Cypraeoidea
                        Cypraeidae Gray, 1824
                          Cypraeovulinae Schilder, 1927
                            Blasicrura Iredale, 1930
                              Blasicrura summersi (Schilder, 1958)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=53168) created by Shannon Reid on 2001-10-04. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-05-12.