OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Cypraeidae 

Blasicrura pallidula (Gaskoin, 1849)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

Included taxa

   Blasicrura pallidula pallidula (Gaskoin, 1849)
   Blasicrura pallidula rhinoceros (Souverbie, 1865)

Distribution

Central Indo-West Pacific; Cape Naturaliste, WA to central Qld {WILSON1993A}

  ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Northern Territory
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Gulf of Carp.
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: N coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NW coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Central W coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Lower W coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: SW coast
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific

Keywords

depth: intertidal 
habitat: coral reef 
substrate: rock bottom 

References

 Burgess, C.M. 1985. p.192 [{as Cypraea pallidula}]  General reference
 Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. p.160 Subspecific arrangement
 Wilson, B. 1993. p.177 [pl. 33, fig 14 a-c]  General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Littorinimorpha
                      Cypraeoidea
                        Cypraeidae Gray, 1824
                          Cypraeovulinae Schilder, 1927
                            Blasicrura Iredale, 1930
                              Blasicrura pallidula (Gaskoin, 1849)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=8359) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2002-09-13.