Species Talostolida pellucens (Melvill, 1888)
Translucent Teres
- Cypraea tabescens pellucens Melvill, J.C. 1888. A survey of the genus Cypraea (Linn.), its nomenclature, geographical distribution and distinctive affinities; with descriptions of two new species and several varieties. Memoirs and Proceedings of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society 4 1: 184-252, pl. 1-2 [218] [as Cypraea tabescens var. pellucens Melvill, 1888].
Type data:
Status unknown, Sandwich Islands. - Cypraea alisonae Burgess, C.M. 1983. Another new Cypraea in the teres complex (Gastropoda: Cypraeidae). Venus 42(2): 183-191 [183, pl. 1, figs a-b].
Type data:
Holotype BPBM 9953, Fort Kamehameha, Oahu, Hawaii. - Blasicrura panamensis Raybaudi, 1992.
Generic Combinations
- Talostolida pellucens (Melvill, 1888). —
Meyer, C.P. 2004. Toward comprehensiveness: increased molecular sampling within Cypraeidae and its phylogenetic implications. Malacologia 46(1): 127-156 [154]
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indo Pacific, from Red Sea to Eastern Pacific
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 Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Coral, intertidal, marine.
General References
Meyer, C. 2005. Talostolida pellucens Melvill, 1888. Cowrie Genetic Database Project. 2005. http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/cowries/pellucens.htm
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. [177, pl. 32, fig 4] (as Blasicrura alisonae)
Common Name References
Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. A Guide to Worldwide Cowries. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks pp. 1-584. [164] (Translucent Teres)
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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01-Jun-2021 | CYPRAEOIDEA | 18-Apr-2012 | MOVED | Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) |
01-Jun-2021 | 05-Mar-2012 | MOVED | ||
18-Jan-2012 | ADDED |