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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Cypraeidae 

Notocypraea comptoni (Gray, 1847)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

Included taxa

   Notocypraea comptoni comptoni (Gray, 1847)
   Notocypraea comptoni mayi (Beddone, 1898)
   Notocypraea comptoni casta (Schilder & Summers, 1963)

Common Name

Compton's Cowry p.116, pl.117      Wilson, B 2002.  

Distribution

southern NSW to Cape Naturaliste, WA

  ABRS Regions: Australia: New South Wales
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Victoria
  ABRS Regions: Australia: South Australia
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Lower E coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: S Gulfs coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Australian Bight
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: SW coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Tasmania
  OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S)

References

 Burgess, C.M. 1985. p.41 [{as Cypraea comptonii}]  General reference
 Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. p.100 Subspecific arrangement
 Wilson, B. 1993. p.186 [pl. 35, figs 13a-f, 17]  General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Littorinimorpha
                      Cypraeoidea
                        Cypraeidae Gray, 1824
                          Cypraeovulinae Schilder, 1927
                            Notocypraea Schilder, 1927
                              Notocypraea comptoni (Gray, 1847)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=8569) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by dsherman on 2004-01-28.