OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Cypraeidae 

Blasicrura rashleighana rashleighana (Melvill, 1888)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Cypraea rashleighana Melvill, 1888
   Cypraea rashleighana var. eunota Taylor, 1916

Distribution

  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificOceaniaPolynesiaHawaiian Islands (Sandwich Islands)
  OBIS RegionsEastern PacificClipperton Island
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificOceaniaPolynesiaHawaiian Islands (Sandwich Islands)

Keywords

depth: continental shelf [ 25-40 metres ]
habitat: coral reef [ under coral ]

References

 Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. p.165 General reference

Classification

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

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=53192) created by Shannon Reid on 2001-10-05. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-05-12.