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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Cypraeidae
Notocypraea piperita piperita (Gray, 1824)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Cypraea piperita Gray, 1825
Erronea (Stolida) angustata reticulifera Schilder, 1924
Cypraea leucochroa Sulliotti, 1924
Common Name
Peppered Cowry p.130, f.12a Allan, J. 1950.
Distribution
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Australian Bight
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Lower E coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: S Gulfs coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: New South Wales
ABRS Regions: Australia: South Australia
ABRS Regions: Australia: Tasmania
ABRS Regions: Australia: Victoria
ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S)
Keywords
depth: continental shelf [to 200 m]
depth: intertidal
depth: shallow subtidal
depth: shallow subtidal
habitat: under stones [amongst sponges]
References
Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. p.61 General reference
Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. p.98 Contains synonymy
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Visceroconcha
Gastropoda
Orthogastropoda
Caenogastropoda
Sorbeoconcha
Hypsogastropoda
Littorinimorpha
Cypraeoidea
Cypraeidae Gray, 1824
Cypraeovulinae Schilder, 1927
Notocypraea Schilder, 1927
Notocypraea piperita (Gray, 1825)
Notocypraea piperita piperita (Gray, 1824)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=77379) created by Shannon Reid on 2002-09-02. Record last updated by dsherman on 2004-02-23.