OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Cypraeidae 

Purpuradusta minoridens (Melvill, 1901)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Cypraea microdon Sowerby, 1832
   Cypraea minoridens Melvill, 1901
   Opponaria minoridens blandita Iredale, 1939
   Paulonaria minoridens suvaensis Steadman & Cotton, 1943

Distribution

Indo-West Pacific; eastern Qld to Port Jackson, NSW

  ABRS Regions: Australia: New South Wales
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Lower E coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef
  OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): New South Wales
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Queensland
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific

Keywords

depth: continental shelf [to 100 m]
depth: shallow subtidal 
depth: subtidal 
habitat: coral reef 
substrate: in coral rubble 

References

 Burgess, C.M. 1985. p.135 [{as Cypraea minoridens}]  General reference
 Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. p.60 General reference
 Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. p.148 Contains synonymy
 Wilson, B. 1993. p.189 [pl. 33, figs 6 a,b]  General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Littorinimorpha
                      Cypraeoidea
                        Cypraeidae Gray, 1824
                          Cypraeovulinae Schilder, 1927
                            Purpuradusta Schilder, 1939
                              Purpuradusta minoridens (Melvill, 1901)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=8623) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Holly Barlow on 2003-01-27.