Subspecies Blasicrura pallidula rhinoceros (Souverbie, 1865)
Rhinoceros Pallidula
- Cypraea rhinoceros Souverbie, M. & Montrouzier, R.P. 1865. Additions et corrections importantes au sujet de deux de nos articles precedentes (vol. X, p. 231, et vol. XJII, p. 261). Journal de Conchyliologie 13: 159-161 [156, pl. 5, fig. 1].
Type data:
Status unknown, Art Is. - Blasicrura (Blasicrura) pallidula simulans Schilder, F.A. & Schilder, M. 1940. Die Verbreitung und Haufigkeit der rezenten Cypraeidae. Archiv für Molluskenkunde 72: 33-56 [43].
Generic Combinations
- Blasicrura pallidula rhinoceros (Souverbie, 1865). —
Meyer, C.P. 2004. Toward comprehensiveness: increased molecular sampling within Cypraeidae and its phylogenetic implications. Malacologia 46(1): 127-156 [143]
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australasia and Western Pacific
IMCRA
Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Coral reef, intertidal, marine, rocks.
Extra Ecological Information
In turbid water
General References
Meyer, C. 2005. Blasicrura pallidula rhinoceros Souverbie, 1865. Cowrie Genetic Database Project. 2005. http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/cowries/rhinoceros.htm
Meyer, C.P. 2003. Molecular systematics of cowries (Gastropoda: Cypraeidae) and diversification patterns in the tropics. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society of London 79: 401-459 (WA and QLD record)
Meyer, C.P. 2004. Toward comprehensiveness: increased molecular sampling within Cypraeidae and its phylogenetic implications. Malacologia 46(1): 127-156 (corrects pallidula occurence in Australia to its subspecies rhinoceros)
Common Name References
Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. A Guide to Worldwide Cowries. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks pp. 1-584. [160] (Rhinoceros Pallidula)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01-Jun-2021 | CYPRAEOIDEA | 05-Mar-2012 | MOVED | Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) |
| 23-Nov-2011 | MODIFIED |