Indo-Pacific Molluscan Species Database at The Academy of Natural Sciences

OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Cypraeidae

Blasicrura quadrimaculata (Gray, 1824)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Cypraea quadrimaculata Gray, 1824
   Cypraea nimbosa Dillwyn, 1827
   Cypraea nimbosa DILLWYN, 1827
   Blasicrura (Blasicrura) quadrimaculata theilei Schilder & Schilder, 1938
   Blasicrura (Blasicrura) quadrimaculata garretti Schilder & Schilder, 1938
   Blasicrura q. thielei SCHILDER & SCHILDER, 1938
   Blasicrura quadrimaculata garretti SCHILDER & SCHILDER, 1938

Common Name

Four-Spotted Cowry p.159 Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000.
Yotsume-dakara G1194 [Higo et al, 1999, species number: G1194] Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. 1999.

Distribution

Keywords

depth: intertidal
substrate: under coral
substrate: under rocks

References

Burgess, C.M. 1985. p.195 [{as Cypraea quadrimaculata}] General reference
Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. p.159 General reference
Wilson, B. 1993. p.177 [pl. 33, figs 15 a,b] General reference
Classification
  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Littorinimorpha
                      Cypraeoidea
                        Cypraeidae Gray, 1824
                          Cypraeovulinae Schilder, 1927
                            Blasicrura Iredale, 1930
                              Blasicrura quadrimaculata (Gray, 1824)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=8363) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Paul J. Morris on 2004-02-25.