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 RegionsAustraliaQueensland
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricGreat Barrier Reef
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricNE coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricCentral E coast
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian OceanEastern Indian OceanIndia (E)
     Hylleberg, J. & Kilburn, R.N. 2002. p.32 
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricCentral E coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricGreat Barrier Reef
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaAustralia (N)Queensland
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaAustralia (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.