OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Cypraeidae 

Pustularia globulus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

Included taxa

   Pustularia globulus globulus (Linnaeus, 1758)
   Pustularia globulus brevirostris Schilder & Schilder, 1938

Common Name

Meno-chidori-dakara G1172 [Higo et al, 1999, species number: G1172]       Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. 1999.  

Distribution

  ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Northern Territory
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NW coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: N coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Gulf of Carp.
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania

Keywords

habitat: coral reef 

References

 Burgess, C.M. 1985. p.178 [ as Cypraea globulus ]  General reference
 Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. p.221 General reference
 Schilder, M. & Schilder, F.A. 1971.  Secondary source
 Wilson, B. 1993. p.190 [pl. 35, figs 9 a-d]  General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Littorinimorpha
                      Cypraeoidea
                        Cypraeidae Gray, 1824
                          Erosariinae Schilder, 1924
                            Pustularia Swainson, 1840
                              Pustularia globulus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=8646) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Paul J. Morris on 2004-02-25.