OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Cypraeidae 

Staphylaea staphylaea laevigata (Dautzenberg, 1932)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Cypraea staphylaea var. laevigata Dautzenberg, 1932

Common Name

Smoothed staphylaea p.214      Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000.  

Distribution

  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Indo-Arabia: Arabian Sea
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Indo-Arabia: Gulf of Oman
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Indo-Arabia: Iran
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Indo-Arabia: Oman
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Indo-Arabia: Yemen
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Djibouti
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Kenya
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Madagascar
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Mascarene Islands
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Mozambique
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Seychelles
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Somalia
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Tanzania
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea

Keywords

depth: intertidal 
depth: sublittoral [ to 15m ]
substrate: in coral rubble 

References

 Burgess, C.M. 1985. p.232 General reference
 Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. p.214 General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Littorinimorpha
                      Cypraeoidea
                        Cypraeidae Gray, 1824
                          Erosariinae Schilder, 1924
                            Staphylaea Jousseaume, 1884
                              Staphylaea staphylaea (Linnaeus, 1758)
                                Staphylaea staphylaea laevigata (Dautzenberg, 1932)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=54982) created by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2001-10-26. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2001-10-26.