OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Cypraeidae
Zoila friendii friendii (Gray, 1831)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Cypraea friendii Gray, 1831
Cypraea scottii Broderip, 1831
Common Name
Friend's Cowry p.57, pl.149 Coleman, N. 1975.
Distribution
Asutralia, from Doore Island to the western part of the Great Australian Bight (Wilso1967x26), Abrolhos Islands to Cape Leeuwin, Western Australia (Lorenz, 2001)
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Lower E coast
OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): Western Australia
ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
Keywords
depth: continental shelf [ to 100 m
]
depth: shallow subtidal [ from 2 m
]
depth: subtidal [ common at 15 m
]
References
Burgess, C.M. 1985. p.46-47 General reference
Lorenz, F. 2001. p.45 Contains synonymy
Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. p.45 General reference
Wilson, B.R. & McComb, J.A. 1967. p.470-471 [ Pls 332 & 333
] General reference
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Visceroconcha
Gastropoda
Orthogastropoda
Caenogastropoda
Sorbeoconcha
Hypsogastropoda
Littorinimorpha
Cypraeoidea
Cypraeidae Gray, 1824
Bernayinae Schilder, 1927
Zoila Jousseaume, 1884
Zoila friendii (Gray, 1831)
Zoila friendii friendii (Gray, 1831)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=8688) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by dsherman on 2004-02-23.