OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Cypraeidae 

Blasicrura subteres (Weinkauff, 1881)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Cypraea teres Sowerby, 1832
   Cypraea subteres Weinkauff, 1881

Included taxa

   Blasicrura subteres violacincta Lorenz, 2002

Common Name

Teres-like Cowry p.166      Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000.  

Distribution

Eastern Polynesia (Cook Islands to Henderson Island)

  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Polynesia

Keywords

depth: intertidal 
habitat: coral reef [ under coral and rocks ]

References

 Burgess, C.M. 1985. p.145 [{as Cypraea subteres}]  Contains synonymy
 Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. p.166 General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Littorinimorpha
                      Cypraeoidea
                        Cypraeidae Gray, 1824
                          Cypraeovulinae Schilder, 1927
                            Blasicrura Iredale, 1930
                              Blasicrura subteres (Weinkauff, 1881)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=53199) created by Shannon Reid on 2001-10-05. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-05-12.