OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Cypraeidae 

Notocypraea comptoni casta (Schilder & Summers, 1963)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Notocypraea casta Schilder & Summers, 1963

Distribution

  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricGreat Australian Bight
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricS Gulfs coast
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaSouth Australia
  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereAustralia (S)South Australia

Keywords

depth: continental shelf [to 35 m, occasionally trawled from 50-150 m]
depth: subtidal [from 5 m]

References

 Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. p.101 General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Littorinimorpha
                      Cypraeoidea
                        Cypraeidae Gray, 1824
                          Cypraeovulinae Schilder, 1927
                            Notocypraea Schilder, 1927
                              Notocypraea comptoni (Gray, 1847)
                                Notocypraea comptoni casta (Schilder & Summers, 1963)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=77383) created by Shannon Reid on 2002-09-02. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2002-09-17.