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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Cypraeidae
Palmadusta humphreysii (Gray, 1825)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Palmadusta humphreyii [sic]
Cypraea humphreysii Gray, 1825
Palmadusta lutea yaloka Steadman & Cotton, 1943
Common Name
Humphrey's Cowry p.127, f.10 Allan, J. 1950.
Distribution
South-West Pacific; Qld to Long Reef, NSW {WILSON1993A}
ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
ABRS Regions: Australia: New South Wales
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Gulf of Carp.
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Lower E coast
OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): New South Wales
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N)
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Papua New Guinea
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific
Keywords
depth: intertidal
depth: shallow subtidal
depth: subtidal [ to 20 metres
]
substrate: under coral
substrate: under rocks
References
Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. p.61 General reference
Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. p.157 General reference
Wilson, B. 1993. p.189 [pl. 35, figs 10 a,b] General reference
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Visceroconcha
Gastropoda
Orthogastropoda
Caenogastropoda
Sorbeoconcha
Hypsogastropoda
Littorinimorpha
Cypraeoidea
Cypraeidae Gray, 1824
Cypraeovulinae Schilder, 1927
Palmadusta Iredale, 1930
Palmadusta humphreysii (Gray, 1825)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=8615) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by dsherman on 2004-01-08.