OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Cypraeidae
Bistolida brevidentata brevidentata (Sowerby, 1870)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Cypraea brevidentata Sowerby, 1870
Cypraea stolida var. moniontha Melvill, 1888
Cypraea irvineanae Cox, 1890
Distribution
Northwest Australia (North West Cape to Darwin)
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: N coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NW coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: Northern Territory
ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Northern Territory
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Western Australia
Keywords
depth: continental shelf [to 40 m]
depth: intertidal
depth: intertidal
depth: intertidal
depth: shallow subtidal
depth: shallow subtidal
depth: shallow subtidal
depth: subtidal
depth: subtidal
depth: subtidal
habitat: under rocks [and coral slabs]
References
Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. p.174 Contains synonymy
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Visceroconcha
Gastropoda
Orthogastropoda
Caenogastropoda
Sorbeoconcha
Hypsogastropoda
Littorinimorpha
Cypraeoidea
Cypraeidae Gray, 1824
Cypraeovulinae Schilder, 1927
Bistolida Cossmann, 1920
Bistolida brevidentata (Sowerby, 1870)
Bistolida brevidentata brevidentata (Sowerby, 1870)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=77707) created by Shannon Reid on 2002-09-06. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-05-12.