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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Cypraeidae 

Umbilia armeniaca (Verco, 1912)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Cypraea armeniaca
   Cypraea umbilicata var. armeniaca Verco, 1912
   Umbilica (Umbilica) armeniaca var. southstralica Raybaudi, 1980
   Umbilica (Umbilica) armenica var. westralica Raybaudi, 1980

Distribution

Cape Nuyts, SA to Albany, WA

  ABRS Regions: Australia: South Australia
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Australian Bight
  OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): South Australia
  OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): Western Australia

Keywords

depth: continental shelf [from 80 m]
depth: continental slope [to 250 m]

References

 Burgess, C.M. 1985. p.57 [{as Cypraea armeniaca}]  General reference
 Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. p.104 Contains synonymy
 Wilson, B. 1993. p.191 [pl. 30, figs 12-16]  General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Littorinimorpha
                      Cypraeoidea
                        Cypraeidae Gray, 1824
                          Cypraeovulinae Schilder, 1927
                            Umbilia Jousseaume, 1884
                              Umbilia armeniaca (Verco, 1912)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=8672) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2002-09-24.