OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Cypraeidae
Erosaria helvola (Linnaeus, 1758)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Unknown helvola Linnaeus, 1758
Erosaria helvola (Linnaeus, 1758)
Included taxa
Erosaria helvola helvola (Linnaeus, 1758)
Erosaria helvola argella (Melvill, 1888)
Erosaria helvola hawaiiensis (Melvill, 1888)
Erosaria helvola callista (Shaw, 1909)
Erosaria helvola meridionalis Schilder & Schilder, 1938
Common Name
Red Cowry p.127, f.6 Allan, J. 1950.
Honey Cowry p.112, f.113 Wilson, B 2002.
Distribution
ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
ABRS Regions: Australia: Northern Territory
ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
ABRS Regions: Australia: New South Wales
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: SW coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Lower W coast
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: Red Sea
Dekker, H. & Orlin, Z. 2000. p.22
Keywords
habitat: coral reef
habitat: rocky shore
References
Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. p.200 General reference
Schilder, M. & Schilder, F.A. 1971. Secondary source
Wilson, B. 1993. p.180 [pl. 32, figs 2 a,b] General reference
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Visceroconcha
Gastropoda
Orthogastropoda
Caenogastropoda
Sorbeoconcha
Hypsogastropoda
Littorinimorpha
Cypraeoidea
Cypraeidae Gray, 1824
Erosariinae Schilder, 1924
Erosaria Troschel, 1863
Erosaria helvola (Linnaeus, 1758)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=8415) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2004-01-28.