OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Cypraeidae 

Notocypraea declivis (Sowerby, 1870)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Cypraea declivis Sowerby, 1870
   Notocypraea angustata var. lentiginosa Coen, 1949

Common Name

Speckled Cowry p.116, pl.117      Wilson, B 2002.  
Sloping Cowry p.57, pl.147      Coleman, N. 1975.  

Distribution

Northern Tas and Vic (Wilson, 1993)

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

Keywords

depth: continental shelf [to 200 m]
depth: intertidal 
depth: shallow subtidal 
depth: subtidal 
habitat: under rocks [and sponges]

References

 Burgess, C.M. 1985. p.40 [{as Cypraea declivis}]  General reference
 Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. p.61 General reference
 Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. p.103 Contains synonymy
 Wilson, B. 1993. p.186 [pl. 35, figs 18 a-c]  General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Littorinimorpha
                      Cypraeoidea
                        Cypraeidae Gray, 1824
                          Cypraeovulinae Schilder, 1927
                            Notocypraea Schilder, 1927
                              Notocypraea declivis (Sowerby, 1870)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=8576) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by dsherman on 2004-01-28.