OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Cypraeidae 

Zoila thersites thersites (Gaskoin, 1849)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Cypraea thersites Gaskoin, 1849
   Cypraea thersites var. atrata Sulliotti, 1924

Distribution

Ceduca area to west of Cape Jaffa, South Australia

  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Australian Bight
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: S Gulfs coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: South Australia
  OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): South Australia

Keywords

depth: continental shelf [to 45 m, often trawled from 40-80 m]
depth: shallow subtidal [from 2 m]
depth: subtidal 

References

 Lorenz, F. 2001. p.47 General reference
 Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. p.46 [{as Zoila thersites}]  General reference
 Wilson, B.R. & McComb, J.A. 1967. p.472-473 [{as Cypraea friendii thersites}]  General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Littorinimorpha
                      Cypraeoidea
                        Cypraeidae Gray, 1824
                          Bernayinae Schilder, 1927
                            Zoila Jousseaume, 1884
                              Zoila thersites (Gaskoin, 1849)
                                Zoila thersites thersites (Gaskoin, 1849)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=77482) created by Shannon Reid on 2002-09-03. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-05-12.