Species Naria beckii (Gaskoin, 1836)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Cypraea beckii Gaskoin, J.S. 1836. Descriptions of new species of Cypraea. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 3: 198-204 [203-204].

 

Generic Combinations

• Erosaria beckii (Gaskoin, 1836). —
  Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. A Guide to Worldwide Cowries. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks pp. 1-584. [208]
• Naria beckii (Gaskoin, 1836).

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific north east to Hawaii

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, coral reef, marine, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

Between roots of black coral

 

General References

Kay, E.A. 1979. Hawaiian marine shells. Reef and shore fauna of Hawaii. Section 4 : Mollusca. Honolulu, Hawaii : Bishop Museum Press Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publication Vol. 64(4) 653 pp. [189, fig 67 A, B]

Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. A Guide to Worldwide Cowries. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks pp. 1-584. [208]

Meyer, C. 2005. Erosaria beckii Gaskoin, 1836. Cowrie Genetic Database Project. 2005. http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/cowries/beckii.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 (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. [179, pl. 35, figs 6 a,b]

 

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