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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Cypraeidae 

Mauritia eglantina (Duclos, 1833)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Cypraea eglantina Duclos, 1833
   Cypraea nigricans Crosse, 1869
   Cypraea niger Roberts, 1885
   Cypraea (Aricia) histrio var. luctuosa Dautzenberg, 1902
   Cypraea arabica var. couterieri Vayssière, 1905
   Arabica perconfusa Iredale, 1935
   Arabica eglantina momokiti Steadman & Cotton, 1943

Common Name

Eglantine Cowry p.112, pl.113      Wilson, B 2002.  
Elongate Cowry p.122, pl.365      Coleman, N. 1975.  

Distribution

Western Pacific, Eastern Indian Ocean; Abrolhos, WA to eastern Qld {WILSON1993A}

  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: Western Australia
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Northern Territory
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Eastern Indian Ocean
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Philippines
     Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. p.86 

Keywords

habitat: coral reef [{in shallow water under coral stabs, rarely in seaweed {Lorenz&Hubert2000}}]
habitat: rock reef [ ]
substrate: rocks [ ]

References

 Burgess, C.M. 1985. p.69 [{as Cypraea eglantina}]  General reference
 Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. p.57 Contains synonymy
 Wilson, B. 1993. p.185 [pl. 31, figs 7 a-c]  General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Littorinimorpha
                      Cypraeoidea
                        Cypraeidae Gray, 1824
                          Cypraeinae Gray, 1824
                            Mauritia Troschel, 1863
                              Mauritia eglantina (Duclos, 1833)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=8537) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by dsherman on 2004-01-26.