OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Cypraeidae 

Blasicrura luchuana (Kuroda, 1960)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Cypraea luchuana
   Bistolida (Blasicrura) pallidula luchuana Kuroda, 1960

Distribution

  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China: Japan: Ryukyu Islands (Loo-Chu Islands, Nansi-Shoto)
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China: Japan: Ryukyu Islands (Loo-Chu Islands, Nansi-Shoto)

Keywords

depth: intertidal 
depth: intertidal       Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000.  
substrate: coral       Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000.  
substrate: rocks [ ]

References

 Burgess, C.M. 1985. p.190 [{as Cypraea luchuana}]  Contains synonymy
 Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. p.162 General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Littorinimorpha
                      Cypraeoidea
                        Cypraeidae Gray, 1824
                          Cypraeovulinae Schilder, 1927
                            Blasicrura Iredale, 1930
                              Blasicrura luchuana (Kuroda, 1960)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=53170) created by Shannon Reid on 2001-10-04. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-05-12.