OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Cypraeidae
Staphylaea granulata granulata (Pease, 1862)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Cypraea madagascariensis Sowerby, 1832
Cypraea granulata Pease, 1862
Cypraea honoluluensis Melvill, 1888
Common Name
Granulated cowry p.215 Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000.
Distribution
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Polynesia: Hawaiian Islands (Sandwich Islands)
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Polynesia: Johnston Atoll
Keywords
depth: continental shelf [ mostly in 15-45m
]
depth: intertidal [ occassionally intertidally
]
depth: subtidal
habitat: under coral
habitat: under rocks
References
Burgess, C.M. 1985. p.236 General reference
Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. p.215 General reference
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Visceroconcha
Gastropoda
Orthogastropoda
Caenogastropoda
Sorbeoconcha
Hypsogastropoda
Littorinimorpha
Cypraeoidea
Cypraeidae Gray, 1824
Erosariinae Schilder, 1924
Staphylaea Jousseaume, 1884
Staphylaea granulata (Pease, 1862)
Staphylaea granulata granulata (Pease, 1862)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=55126) created by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2001-10-28. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2001-10-28.