OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Cypraeidae 

Mauritia arabica grayana Schilder, 1930

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Cypraea grayana
   Mauritia grayana Schilder, 1930
   Mauritia grayana (Schilder, 1930)

Distribution

  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Indo-Arabia
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea

Keywords

depth: intertidal 
substrate: under rocks [and dead coral]

References

 Burgess, C.M. 1985. p.70 [{as Cypraea grayana}]  General reference
 Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. p.59 General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Littorinimorpha
                      Cypraeoidea
                        Cypraeidae Gray, 1824
                          Cypraeinae Gray, 1824
                            Mauritia Troschel, 1863
                              Mauritia arabica (Linnaeus, 1758)
                                Mauritia arabica grayana Schilder, 1930

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=77272) created by Shannon Reid on 2002-09-01. Record last updated by benamy on 2002-09-27.