Genus Staphylaea Jousseaume, 1884

Museums

Regional Maps

• Staphylaea Jousseaume, F.P. 1884. Division des Cypraeidae. Le Naturaliste 6(52): 414-415 [Date published 15 February 1884] [415].

  Type species:

   Cypraea staphylaea Linnaeus, 1758 by original designation (tautonomy).

  Secondary source:

   Jousseaume, F.P. 1884. Description de mollusques nouveaux. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France 9: 169–192.
• Purperosa Iredale, T. 1935. Australian cowries. The Australian Zoologist 8(2): 96-135, pl. 8-9 [119].

  Type species:

   Purperosa facifer Iredale, 1935 by original designation.
• Eustaphylea Steadman, W.R. & Cotton, B.C. 1943. The Cowries (Cypraeidae) of Fiji. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 7(4): 309-336.

  Type species:

   Cypraea semiplota Mighels by original designation.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory

General References

Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. A Guide to Worldwide Cowries. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks pp. 1-584. [210]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [190]

 

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)
		18-Jan-2012	MODIFIED