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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 RegionsAustraliaNew South Wales
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaVictoria
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaSouth Australia
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaWestern Australia
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricLower E coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricBass Strait
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricS Gulfs coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricGreat Australian Bight
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricSW coast
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaTasmania
  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereAustralia (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.