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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Cypraeidae
Cypraea tigris Linnaeus, 1758
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Cypraea tigris Linnaeus, 1758
Cypraea ambigua Gmelin, 1791
Cypraea feminea Gmelin, 1791
Cypraea tigrina Gemlin, 1791
Cypraea flammea Gmelin, 1791
Cypraea pardalis Shaw, 1795
Cypraea onca Röding, 1798
Cypraea tigris var. nigrescens Gray, 1824
Cypraea alauda Menke, 1830
Cypraea tigris var. zymerasta Melvill, 1888
Cypraea tigris var. russonitens Melvill, 1888
Cypraea tigris var. ionthodes Melvill, 1888
Cypraea tigris var. flavonitens Melvill, 1888
Cypraea tigris var. hinnulea Melvill, 1888
Cypraea tigris var. chionia Melvill, 1888
Cypraea tigris var. flavida Dautzenberg, 1893
Cypraea tigris var. tuberculifera Sulliotti, 1924
Cypraea tigris var. trisits Sulliotti, 1924
Cypraea tigris var. laminata Sulliotti, 1924
Cypraea tigris var incana Sulliotti, 1924
Cypraea tigris var. nephelodes Lancaster, 1928
Cypraea tigris volai Steadman & Cotton, 1943
Cypraea tigris ambolee Steadman & Cotton, 1943
Cypraea (Vulgusella) tigris var. fuscoapicata Coen, 1949
Cypraea tigris schilderiana Cate, 1961
Common Name
Tiger Cowry p.123, pl.19, f.16 Allan, J. 1950.
Distribution
ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Lower W coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: Northern Territory
ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
ABRS Regions: Australia: New South Wales
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Central W coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NW coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: N coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Gulf of Carp.
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China: Cambodia
Try, I. 2001. p.398
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Philippines
Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. p.81
Keywords
depth: continental shelf
depth: intertidal
depth: shallow subtidal
depth: subtidal
habitat: coral reef
habitat: rocky shore
substrate: sand
substrate: seaweed
References
Burgess, C.M. 1985. p.76 General reference
Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. p.59 General reference
Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. p.65 Contains synonymy
Wilson, B. 1993. p.179 [pl. 31, figs 1 a,b] General reference
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Visceroconcha
Gastropoda
Orthogastropoda
Caenogastropoda
Sorbeoconcha
Hypsogastropoda
Littorinimorpha
Cypraeoidea
Cypraeidae Gray, 1824
Cypraeinae Gray, 1824
Cypraea Linnaeus, 1758
Cypraea tigris Linnaeus, 1758
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=8386) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by dsherman on 2004-01-08.