Species Zoila decipiens (Smith, 1880)
Hump-backed Cowry
- Cypraea decipiens Smith, E.A. 1880. Descriptions of twelve new species of shells. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1880(32): 478-485, pl. 48 [482, pl. 48, figs 8-8a].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 18805272, North Australia. - Zoila decipiens suprasinum Lorenz, F. 2002. New Worldwide Cowries. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks pp. 1-292.
Type data:
Holotype Onslow, Western Australia.
Generic Combinations
Distribution
States
Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
Northwest Shelf Province (27)
Ecological Descriptors
Continental shelf, marine, subtidal.
Extra Ecological Information
Lives on sponges
General References
Burgess, C.M. 1985. Cowries of the World. Cape Town : Seacomber Publications 289 pp. [50]
Lorenz, F. 2001. Monograph of the living Zoila. Hackenheim, Germany : Conchbooks 187 pp. [20]
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 (included in analysis)
Meyer, C.P. 2004. Toward comprehensiveness: increased molecular sampling within Cypraeidae and its phylogenetic implications. Malacologia 46(1): 127-156 (included in analysis)
Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [193] (pl. 28, figs 7-11)
Wilson, B. & P. Clarkson 2004. Australia's spectacular cowries. A review and field study of two endemic genera: Zoila and Umbilia. California, USA : Odyssey Publishing 1, pp. 1-396. [287 (including text fig.) - 298, pls 299-310]
Wilson, B.R. & McComb, J.A. 1967. The genus Cypraea (subgenus Zoila Jousseaume). Indo-Pacific Mollusca 1: 457-488 [478-479] (as Cypraea decipiens)
Common Name References
Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs. [123, pl. 19, fig. 9] (Hump-backed Cowry)
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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01-Jun-2021 | CYPRAEOIDEA | 19-Mar-2012 | MOVED | Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) |
01-Jun-2021 | 19-Mar-2012 | MOVED | ||
01-Jun-2021 | 05-Mar-2012 | MOVED | ||
01-Jun-2021 | 05-Mar-2012 | MOVED | ||
17-Jan-2012 | MODIFIED |