OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Cypraeidae
Staphylaea limacina clarissa Lorenz, 1989
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Staphylaea limacina clarissa Lorenz, 1989
Distribution
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Kenya
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Mozambique
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: South Africa
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Tanzania
Keywords
depth: continental shelf [ ex pisce from 35-150m
]
depth: intertidal [ rarely found below low tide level under coral
]
References
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 clarissa Lorenz, 1989
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=54949) created by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2001-10-25. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-05-28.