Species Notocypraea comptonii (Gray, 1847)
Compton's Cowry
- Cypraea comptonii Gray, J.E. 1847. Description of some new marine shells. Appendix 10. pp. 355-362 in Jukes, J.B. (ed). Narrative of the surveying voyage of H.M.S. Fly, commanded by Captain F.P. Blackwood, R.N. in Torres Strait, New Guinea, and other Islands of the Eastern Archipelago, during the years 1842-1846: together with an excursion into the interior of the eastern part of Java. London : T. & W. Boone Vol. 2. [356].
- Cypraea augustata mayi Beddome, C 1898. Notes on species of Cypraea inhabiting the shores of Tasmania. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 22(3): 564-576 [571, pl. 21, fig. 11] [as Cypraea augustata var. mayi Beddome, 1898].
Type data:
Status unknown, Derwent River, Tasmania. - Cypraea (Notocypraea) wilkinsi Griffiths, R.J. 1959. A new species of the Cypraea subgenus Notocypraea. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 24: 97-101 [97].
Type data:
Holotype NMV F19903, Flinders south beach, Victoria, Australia. - Cypraea (Notocypraea) trenberthae Trenberth, W.P. 1961. A new species of South Australian Cowry, Cypraea (Notocypraea) trenberthae sp. nov. Royal Society of South Australia Malacological Section 15: 1-2 [1].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA D.14616, Tumby Bay, South Australia. - Notocypraea casta Schilder, F.A. & Summers, R. 1963. A further note on Blasicrura coxeni (Cox). The Cowry 1(5): 68-69 [68].
Generic Combinations
- Notocypraea comptoni (Gray, 1847). —
Meyer, C. 2005. Notocypraea comptoni Gray, 1847. Cowrie Genetic Database Project. 2005. http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/cowries/comptoni.htm - Cypraea (Notocypraea) comptonii Gray, 1847. —
Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [186]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)
Ecological Descriptors
Continental shelf, intertidal, marine, rocks, shallow subtidal, subtidal.
General References
Burgess, C.M. 1985. Cowries of the World. Cape Town : Seacomber Publications 289 pp. [41]
Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. A Guide to Worldwide Cowries. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks pp. 1-584. [100] (with subspecies)
Meyer, C. 2005. Notocypraea comptoni Gray, 1847. Cowrie Genetic Database Project. 2005. http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/cowries/comptoni.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. [186, pl. 35, figs a-f, 17]
Wilson, B. 2002. A handbook to Australian seashells on seashores east to west and north to south. Sydney : Reed New Holland 185 pp. [116, pl. 117]
Common Name References
Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [57, pl. 145] (Compton's Cowry)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07-Feb-2024 | LITTORINIMORPHA Golikov & Starobogatov, 1975 | 17-Jul-2023 | MODIFIED | Dr Mandy Reid (ABRS) |
| 01-Jun-2021 | CYPRAEOIDEA | 20-Jun-2012 | MOVED | Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) |
| 01-Jun-2021 | 20-Jun-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 23-Nov-2011 | MODIFIED |