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Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Cypraeidae 

Blasicrura teres pellucens (Melvill, 1888)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Cypraea tabescens var. pellucens Melvill, 1888
   Cypraea alisonae Burgess, 1983
   Blasicrura panamensis Raybaudi, 1992

Common Name

Translucent teres p.164      Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000.  

Distribution

Western Pacific; tropical Eastern Pacific regions; Coral Bay and Dampier Archipelago, WA {WILSON1993A}

  ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NW coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Northern Territory
  ABRS Regions: Australia: New South Wales
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Central W coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Gulf of Carp.
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Lower W coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: N coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NW coast
  OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): New South Wales
  OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): Western Australia
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific
  OBIS Regions: Eastern Pacific

Keywords

depth: intertidal 
substrate: rocks [ ]
substrate: under coral 

References

 Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. p.164 General reference
 Wilson, B. 1993. p.177 [ pl. 32, fig 4 as Blasicrura alisonae ]  General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Littorinimorpha
                      Cypraeoidea
                        Cypraeidae Gray, 1824
                          Cypraeovulinae Schilder, 1927
                            Blasicrura Iredale, 1930
                              Blasicrura teres (Gmelin, 1791)
                                Blasicrura teres pellucens (Melvill, 1888)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=53175) created by Shannon Reid on 2001-10-04. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-05-12.