OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Cypraeidae
Leporicypraea mappa mappa (Linnaeus, 1758)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Cypraea mappa Linnaeus, 1758
Luponia montosa Roberts, 1870
Cypraea (Aricia) mappa var. montrouzieri Dautzenberg, 1902
Cypraea mappa var. cinereo-viridescens Bouge, 1961
Common Name
Map Cowry p.125, pl.379 Coleman, N. 1975.
Distribution
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Philippines
Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. p.81
Keywords
depth: intertidal [below the low tide level]
habitat: coral reef [under coral]
References
Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. p.62 Contains synonymy
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Visceroconcha
Gastropoda
Orthogastropoda
Caenogastropoda
Sorbeoconcha
Hypsogastropoda
Littorinimorpha
Cypraeoidea
Cypraeidae Gray, 1824
Cypraeinae Gray, 1824
Leporicypraea Iredale, 1930
Leporicypraea mappa (Linnaeus, 1758)
Leporicypraea mappa mappa (Linnaeus, 1758)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=8510) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by dsherman on 2004-02-25.