OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Cypraeidae
Umbilia capricornica Lorenz, 1989
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Cypraea capricornica
Umbilia capricornica Lorenz, 1989
Distribution
Swain Reefs and Capricorn Channel, Qld
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Queensland
Keywords
depth: continental shelf
depth: continental slope [ 250-700 m
]
feeds on: animals [ sponges and tiny molluscs
]
References
Lorenz, F. 1989. p.3 Biology and ecology
Wilson, B. 1993. p.192 [pl. 30, figs 1-6, 8] General reference
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Visceroconcha
Gastropoda
Orthogastropoda
Caenogastropoda
Sorbeoconcha
Hypsogastropoda
Littorinimorpha
Cypraeoidea
Cypraeidae Gray, 1824
Cypraeovulinae Schilder, 1927
Umbilia Jousseaume, 1884
Umbilia capricornica Lorenz, 1989
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=8674) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2002-09-03.