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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Cypraeidae
Chelycypraea testudinaria (Linnaeus, 1758)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Cypraea testudinaria Linnaeus, 1758
Cypraea testudinosa Perry, 1811
testudinosa PERRY
ingens (SCHILDER & SCHILDER, 1938)
Callistocypraea (Chelycypraea) testudinaria ingens Schilder & Schilder, 1939
Common Name
Toroise-shell Cowry p.124, pl.21, f.22 Allan, J. 1950.
Murakumo-dakara G1183 [Higo et al, 1999, species number: G1183] Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. 1999.
Distribution
Indo-West Pacific; Seringapatum Atoll off northern WA
ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: N coast
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: N coast
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Western Australia
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Philippines
Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. p.82
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Philippines: Samar
Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. p.82
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Philippines: Sulu Sea
Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. p.82
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean
Subba Rao, N. V. 2003. p.175
Keywords
depth: shallow subtidal
habitat: coral reef
References
Burgess, C.M. 1985. p.97 Contains synonymy
Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. p.54 General reference
Subba Rao, N. V. 2003. p.175 General reference
Wilson, B. 1993. p.178 [pl. 31, figs 10 a,b] General reference
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Visceroconcha
Gastropoda
Orthogastropoda
Caenogastropoda
Sorbeoconcha
Hypsogastropoda
Littorinimorpha
Cypraeoidea
Cypraeidae Gray, 1824
Cypraeinae Gray, 1824
Chelycypraea Schilder, 1927
Chelycypraea testudinaria (Linnaeus, 1758)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=8371) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2004-04-29.