OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Cypraeidae
Erronea xanthodon (Sowerby, 1832)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Gratiadusta xanthodon auct.
Cypraea xanthodon Sowerby, 1832
Notodusta eugeniae Cate, 1975
Common Name
Yellow-toothed Cowry p.126, f.2 [For Gratiadusta xanthodon] Allan, J. 1950.
Distribution
Torres Strait to northern NSW
ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
ABRS Regions: Australia: New South Wales
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: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Queensland
OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): New South Wales
Keywords
depth: intertidal
habitat: under rocks [with seaweed in slightly muddy areas]
References
Burgess, C.M. 1985. p.164 General reference
Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. p.61 General reference
Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. p.125 Contains synonymy
Wilson, B. 1993. p.182 [pl. 32, figs 17 a,b] General reference
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Visceroconcha
Gastropoda
Orthogastropoda
Caenogastropoda
Sorbeoconcha
Hypsogastropoda
Littorinimorpha
Cypraeoidea
Cypraeidae Gray, 1824
Cypraeovulinae Schilder, 1927
Erronea Troschel, 1863
Erronea xanthodon (Sowerby, 1832)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=8480) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by dsherman on 2004-04-28.