OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Cypraeidae
Notocypraea comptoni comptoni (Gray, 1847)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Cypraea comptoni Gray, 1847
Cypraea (Notocypraea) trenberthae Trenberth, 1961
Common Name
Compton's Cowry p.57, pl.145 Coleman, N. 1975.
Distribution
OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): South Australia
OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): Western Australia
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Lower W coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: S Gulfs coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: SW coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: South Australia
ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
Keywords
depth: continental shelf [to 100 m]
depth: intertidal
depth: shallow subtidal
depth: subtidal
habitat: under rocks [and rubble]
References
Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. p.100 Contains synonymy
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Visceroconcha
Gastropoda
Orthogastropoda
Caenogastropoda
Sorbeoconcha
Hypsogastropoda
Littorinimorpha
Cypraeoidea
Cypraeidae Gray, 1824
Cypraeovulinae Schilder, 1927
Notocypraea Schilder, 1927
Notocypraea comptoni (Gray, 1847)
Notocypraea comptoni comptoni (Gray, 1847)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=57903) created by Shannon Reid on 2001-11-27. Record last updated by dsherman on 2004-02-23.