OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Cypraeidae 

Zoila venusta roseopunctata (Raybaudi, 1985)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Cypraea roseopunctata Melvill, 1888
   Cypraea venusta var. bakeri Gatliff, 1916
   Zoila (Zoila) venusta roseopunctata Raybaudi, 1985
   Zoila venusta var. roseoimmaculata Raybaudi, 1985
   Zoila venusta orientalis Raybaudi, 1990

Distribution

West of Denmark to Esperance, southwestern Australia

  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricSW coast
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaWestern Australia
  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereAustralia (S)Western Australia

Keywords

depth: continental shelf [to 50 m]
depth: shallow subtidal [from 2 m]
depth: subtidal 
habit: nestling 

References

 Lorenz, F. 2001. p.26 [{also geographical variation Zoila venusta roseopunctata forma profunda and colour variation Zolia venusta roseopunctata forma roseoimmaculata }]  General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Littorinimorpha
                      Cypraeoidea
                        Cypraeidae Gray, 1824
                          Bernayinae Schilder, 1927
                            Zoila Jousseaume, 1884
                              Zoila venusta (Sowerby, 1847)
                                Zoila venusta roseopunctata (Raybaudi, 1985)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=77479) created by Shannon Reid on 2002-09-03. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-05-12.