OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Cypraeidae 

Leporicypraea mappa geographica (Schilder & Schilder, 1933)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Mauritia mappa geographica Schilder & Schilder, 1933

Distribution

Indian Ocean

  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian OceanEastern Indian Ocean
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian OceanIndo-Arabia
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast Africa
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-Malaysia
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificRed Sea
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricCentral W coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricNW coast
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaWestern Australia

Keywords

depth: continental shelf [to 45 m]
depth: intertidal 
depth: shallow subtidal 
depth: subtidal 
substrate: rocks 

References

 Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. p.63 General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Littorinimorpha
                      Cypraeoidea
                        Cypraeidae Gray, 1824
                          Cypraeinae Gray, 1824
                            Leporicypraea Iredale, 1930
                              Leporicypraea mappa (Linnaeus, 1758)
                                Leporicypraea mappa geographica (Schilder & Schilder, 1933)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=77283) created by Shannon Reid on 2002-09-01. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-05-12.