OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

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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 RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereAustralia (S)South Australia
  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereAustralia (S)Western Australia
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricLower W coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricS Gulfs coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricSW coast
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaSouth Australia
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaWestern 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.