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Gastropoda Name Scissurellidae 

Scissurella cyprina Cotton & Godfrey, 1938

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Scissurella cyprina Cotton & Godfrey, 1938

Common Name

Venus Slit Shell p.45      Cotton, B. C. 1959.  

Distribution

Montague Island, New South Wales to Central West Australia including Tasmania (Jansen, 1999)

  ABRS Regions: Australia: South Australia
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: S Gulfs coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Australian Bight
  OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S)
  ABRS Regions: Australia: New South Wales
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Tasmania
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Victoria
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Lower E coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: SW coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Tas. coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Australian Bight
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: S Gulfs coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: SW coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Lower W coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Central W coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Tasmania
  ABRS Regions: Australia: South Australia
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
  ABRS Regions: Australia: New South Wales

Keywords

depth: continental shelf [ to 90 m ]
depth: intertidal 
depth: shallow subtidal 
depth: subtidal 

References

 Cotton, B. C. 1959. p.45-46, fig. 16 General reference
 Jansen, P. 1999. p.50-51, figs. 19-21 Contains synonymy
 Wilson, B. 1993. p.46 General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Vetigastropoda
                Name Author, Year
                  Scissurelloidea
                    Scissurellidae Gray, 1847
                      Scissurellinae Gray, 1847
                        Scissurella d'Orbigny, 1824
                          Scissurella cyprina Cotton & Godfrey, 1938

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=5764) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-02-06.