Subspecies Staphylaea limacina limacina (Lamarck, 1810)
Handsome Limacina
- Cypraea limacina Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de M. 1810. Suite de genres Porcelaine. Annales du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris 16: 89-114 [101-102].
- Purperosa facifer Iredale, T. 1935. Australian cowries. The Australian Zoologist 8(2): 96-135, pl. 8-9 [119, pl. 7, figs 6-6b].
Type data:
Status unknown, Lindeman Island, Qld. - Purperosa facifer monstrans Iredale, T. 1935. Australian cowries. The Australian Zoologist 8(2): 96-135, pl. 8-9 [120].
Type data:
Status unknown, North West Isle, Capricorn Group, Queensland.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Meyer, C. 2005. Staphylaea limacina limacina Lamarck, 1810. Cowrie Genetic Database Project. 2005. http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/cowries/limacina.htm (see web page for additional synonyms)
Generic Combinations
- Staphylaea limacina limacina (Lamarck, 1810). —
Meyer, C. 2005. Staphylaea limacina limacina Lamarck, 1810. Cowrie Genetic Database Project. 2005. http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/cowries/limacina.htm - Cypraea (Staphylaea) limacina Lamarck, 1810. —
Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [191]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Central Indian Ocean east to western Pacific
IMCRA
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 Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Other Regions
Coral Sea Islands Territory
Ecological Descriptors
Continental shelf, coral reef, intertidal, marine, shallow subtidal, subtidal.
General References
Burgess, C.M. 1985. Cowries of the World. Cape Town : Seacomber Publications 289 pp. [233] (as Purpurosa limacina monstrans)
Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1–109 [60]
Meyer, C. 2005. Staphylaea limacina limacina Lamarck, 1810. Cowrie Genetic Database Project. 2005. http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/cowries/limacina.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)
Common Name References
Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. A Guide to Worldwide Cowries. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks pp. 1-584. [211] (Handsome Limacina)
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 |