OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Cypraeidae 

Blasicrura teres (Gmelin, 1791)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Blasicrura teres (Gmelin, 1791)

Included taxa

   Blasicrura teres teres (Gmelin, 1791)
   Blasicrura teres pellucens (Melvill, 1888)
   Blasicrura teres elatensis Heiman & Mienis, 2002
   Blasicrura teres janae Lorenz, 2002

Distribution

Indo-West Pacific; Abrolhos, WA to central NSW {WILSON1993A}

  ABRS RegionsAustraliaWestern Australia
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaNorthern Territory
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaQueensland
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaNew South Wales
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricCentral E coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricNE coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricGulf of Carp.
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricN coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricNW coast
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West Pacific
  OBIS RegionsEastern Pacific
  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereAustralia (S)New South Wales
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricLower W coast
  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereSouth Africa (Cape marine Province)
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricCentral W coast
  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereAustralia (S)Western Australia
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricGreat Barrier Reef
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificRed Sea
     Dekker, H. & Orlin, Z. 2000. p.22 

Keywords

depth: intertidal 
depth: shallow subtidal 

References

 Burgess, C.M. 1985. p.146 [{as Cypraea teres}]  General reference
 Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. p.163 Subspecific arrangement
 Wilson, B. 1993. p.177 [pl. 32, figs 3 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 teres (Gmelin, 1791)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=8366) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by benamy on 2002-09-26.