OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Cypraeidae 

Erronea chinensis (Gmelin, 1791)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

Included taxa

   Erronea chinensis chinensis (Gmelin, 1791)
   Erronea chinensis variolaria (Lamarck, 1810)
   Erronea chinensis violacea (Rous, 1905)
   Erronea chinensis amiges (Melvill & Standen, 1915)
   Erronea chinensis somaliana Lorenz, 1989

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: 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
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Lower E coast
  OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific

Keywords

depth: intertidal 
eCode: coral reef 
eCode: rock reef 
eCode: subtidal 

References

 Burgess, C.M. 1985. p.117 [ as Cypraea chinensis ]  General reference
 Kay, E.A. 1979. p.191-192 [ Fig 67 Q, R ]  General reference
 Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. p.139 Subspecific arrangement
 Wilson, B. 1993. p.181 [pl. 32, figs 1a-c]  General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Littorinimorpha
                      Cypraeoidea
                        Cypraeidae Gray, 1824
                          Cypraeovulinae Schilder, 1927
                            Erronea Troschel, 1863
                              Erronea chinensis (Gmelin, 1791)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=8439) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2002-09-19.