OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Cypraeidae
Lyncina argus argus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Cypraea argus Linnaeus, 1758
Cypraea ventricosa Gray, 1824
Cypraea argus var. concatenata Dautzenberg, 1902
Cypraea argus var. bynei Sulliotti, 1924
Common Name
Eyed Cowry p.120, pl.356 Coleman, N. 1975.
Distribution
Indo-West Pacific; North West Cape, WA to central Qld
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Eastern Indian Ocean
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Gulf of Carp.
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: N coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NW coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: Northern Territory
ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Philippines
Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. p.81
Keywords
depth: intertidal
substrate: coral [
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substrate: rocks [
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References
Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. p.77 Contains synonymy
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Visceroconcha
Gastropoda
Orthogastropoda
Caenogastropoda
Sorbeoconcha
Hypsogastropoda
Littorinimorpha
Cypraeoidea
Cypraeidae Gray, 1824
Cypraeinae Gray, 1824
Lyncina Troschel, 1863
Lyncina argus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Lyncina argus argus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=77362) created by Shannon Reid on 2002-09-02. Record last updated by Gary Rosenberg on 2004-10-29.