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 RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast Africa
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast AfricaKenya
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast AfricaMozambique
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast AfricaSouth Africa
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast AfricaTanzania

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.