OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Ovulidae
Margovula pyriformis (Sowerby, 1828)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Margovula pyriformis
Pseudosimnia (Diminovula) pyrulina
Ovulum pyriformis Sowerby, 1828
Amphiperas pyrulinus A. Adams, 1855
Common Name
Pyriform Egg Cowry p.118, pl.119 Wilson, B 2002.
Pyriform Ovulid p.32, pl.68, 69 Coleman, N. 1975.
Distribution
ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Eastern Indian Ocean: India (E)
Hylleberg, J. & Kilburn, R.N. 2002. p.32
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Queensland
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Torres Strait
Keywords
habitat: coral reef [ lives on a grey sea anemone
]
References
Cate, C.N. 1973. p.16-17 [
] Synonomy
Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. p.59 General reference
Wilson, B. 1993. p.202 [text fig.; pl. 24 figs 24 a,b] General reference
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Visceroconcha
Gastropoda
Orthogastropoda
Caenogastropoda
Sorbeoconcha
Hypsogastropoda
Littorinimorpha
Cypraeoidea
Ovulidae Fleming, 1828
Margovula Iredale, 1935
Margovula pyriformis (Sowerby, 1828)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=8767) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by dsherman on 2004-03-03.