OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Cypraeidae
Umbilia hesitata hesitata (Iredale, 1916)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Cypraea umbilicata Sowerby, 1825
Cypraea umbilicata var. alba Cox, 1879
Cypraea hesitata Iredale, 1916
Umbilia hesitata howelli Iredale, 1931
Common Name
Wonder Cowry p.124, pl.21, f.14 Allan, J. 1950.
Distribution
Bass Strait
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait
ABRS Regions: Australia: Tasmania
ABRS Regions: Australia: Victoria
OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): Tasmania
OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): Victoria
Keywords
depth: continental shelf [80 to 200 m]
References
Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. p.59 General reference
Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. p.105 Contains synonymy
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Visceroconcha
Gastropoda
Orthogastropoda
Caenogastropoda
Sorbeoconcha
Hypsogastropoda
Littorinimorpha
Cypraeoidea
Cypraeidae Gray, 1824
Cypraeovulinae Schilder, 1927
Umbilia Jousseaume, 1884
Umbilia hesitata (Iredale, 1916)
Umbilia hesitata hesitata (Iredale, 1916)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=57904) created by Shannon Reid on 2001-11-27. Record last updated by dsherman on 2004-02-25.