Subspecies Zoila marginata marginata (Gaskoin, 1849)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Cypraea marginata Gaskoin, J.S. 1849. Description of a new species of Cypraea. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1848: 90-98 [91-92].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 42777.
• Zoila marginata albanyensis Massilia, L.R. 1985. Cypraeidae: The Living Cowries Genus Zoila - Specialized Catalogue. The Connoisseur of Seashells 1: 3-9 [8-9, fig. 7A].

  Type data:

   Lectotype (Museum listed as coll. Raybaudi), Albany.
• Zoila marginata consueta Biraghi, G. 1993. Notes on the nominal subspecies of Zoila marginata with the creation of a new subspecies. La Conchiglia 266: 39-42 [41].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Garden Island, Western Australia.

 

Generic Combinations

• Zoila marginata marginata (Gaskoin, 1849). —
  Wilson, B. & P. Clarkson 2004. Australia's spectacular cowries. A review and field study of two endemic genera: Zoila and Umbilia. California, USA : Odyssey Publishing 1, pp. 1-396. [189]

 

Distribution

States

South Australia, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, marine, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

Lives on sponges. See Wilson & Clarkson (2004) for extensive coverage of ecology

 

General References

Lorenz, F. 2001. Monograph of the living Zoila. Hackenheim, Germany : Conchbooks 187 pp. [30]

Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. A Guide to Worldwide Cowries. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks pp. 1-584. [47]

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. & P. Clarkson 2004. Australia's spectacular cowries. A review and field study of two endemic genera: Zoila and Umbilia. California, USA : Odyssey Publishing 1, pp. 1-396. [189-202, pls 194-207]

 

Common Name References

Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [58, pl. 153] (Margin Cowry)

 

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)
01-Jun-2021		05-Mar-2012	MOVED
		21-Nov-2011	MODIFIED