OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Cypraeidae 

Mauritia depressa (Gray, 1824)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Cypraea depressa
   Cypraea arabica var. depressa Gray, 1824
   Cypraea intermedia Redfield, 1847
   Mauritia (Arabica) depressa dispersa Schilder & Schilder, 1939

Distribution

Indo-West Pacific; Rowley Shoals and Scott Reef, WA

  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: N coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NW coast
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Eastern Indian Ocean
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Indo-Arabia
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Philippines
     Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. p.87 

Keywords

depth: intertidal 
exposure: exposed [ coast ]
habitat: coral reef 
substrate: mud [{amongst seaweed in slightly muddy areas {Lorenz&Hubert2000}}]
substrate: rocks [ ]

References

 Burgess, C.M. 1985. p.68 [{as Cypraea depressa}]  General reference
 Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. p.60 Contains synonymy
 Wilson, B. 1993. p.184 [pl. 31, figs 6 a,b]  General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Littorinimorpha
                      Cypraeoidea
                        Cypraeidae Gray, 1824
                          Cypraeinae Gray, 1824
                            Mauritia Troschel, 1863
                              Mauritia depressa (Gray, 1824)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=8535) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-07-30.