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Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Cypraeidae

Staphylaea limacina facifer (Iredale, 1935)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

Purperosa facifer Iredale, 1935
Purperosa facifer monstrans Iredale, 1935

Common Name

Handsome limacina p.211 Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000.

Distribution

Keywords

depth: continental shelf [ to 50m ]
depth: intertidal
depth: sublittoral
habitat: coral reef

References

Burgess, C.M. 1985. p.233 [ as Purpurosa limacina monstrans ] General reference
Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. p.60 General reference
Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. p.211 General reference
Classification
  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Littorinimorpha
                      Cypraeoidea
                        Cypraeidae Gray, 1824
                          Erosariinae Schilder, 1924
                            Staphylaea Jousseaume, 1884
                              Staphylaea limacina (Lamarck, 1810)
                                Staphylaea limacina facifer (Iredale, 1935)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=54946) created by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2001-10-25. Record last updated by Holly Barlow on 2003-01-27.