OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Cypraeidae 

Zoila decipiens (Smith, 1880)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Cypraea decipiens Smith, 1880
   Cypraea decipiens var. atrata Sulliotti, 1924

Included taxa

   
   Zoila decipiens suprasinum Lorenz, 2002

Common Name

Hump-backed Cowry p.123, pl.19, f.9 []      Allan, J. 1950.  

Distribution

North West Cape to West Kimberly, WA (Wilson, 1993); Cape Leveque to Eighty Mile Beach Beach and around Onslow, Western Australia (Lorenz, 2001)

  ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NW coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: N coast
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Western Australia

Keywords

depth: continental shelf [to 35 m]
depth: subtidal [from 5 m]
habit: nestling 

References

 Burgess, C.M. 1985. p.50 General reference
 Lorenz, F. 2001. p.20 General reference
 Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. p.41 General reference
 Wilson, B. 1993. p.193 [pl. 28, figs 7-11]  General reference
 Wilson, B.R. & McComb, J.A. 1967. p.478-479 [{as Cypraea decipiens}]  General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Littorinimorpha
                      Cypraeoidea
                        Cypraeidae Gray, 1824
                          Bernayinae Schilder, 1927
                            Zoila Jousseaume, 1884
                              Zoila decipiens (Smith, 1880)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=8681) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by dsherman on 2004-02-23.