OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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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 RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricLower E coast
  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereAustralia (S)Western Australia
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaWestern 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.