Species Zoila rosselli Cotton, 1948
Rossell's Cowry
- Zoila rosselli Cotton, B.C. 1948. Southern Australian Gastropoda. Part 3. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 72(1): 30-32 [30-31, pl. 1, figs 1-6].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA D.14220, Fremantle, Western Australia. - Zoila (Zoila) rosselli edingeri Massilia, L.R. 1990. Zoila (Zoila) rosselli, Cotton, 1948. A new incredible subspecies (or variation) from Western Australia. La Conchiglia 22(256): 26-30 [27].
Type data:
Holotype (Museum listed as coll. Raybaudi), "Shark Bay area". - Cypraea lobettiana Massilia, L.R. 1995. Zoila (Zoila) lobettiana n.sp. World Shells 13: 15-17 [15].
Type data:
Holotype (Museum listed as coll. Lobetti), Great Australian Bight, 200 m. - Zoila rosselli satiata Lorenz, F. 2002. New Worldwide Cowries. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks pp. 1-292. [10-11, pl. 1].
Type data:
Holotype Point Quobba, northwestern Australia. - Zoila rosselli latistoma Lorenz, F. 2002. New Worldwide Cowries. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks pp. 1-292. [11-14, pl. 1].
Type data:
Holotype Bremer Bay, Albany, SW Australia.
Distribution
States
South Australia, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
Central Western Shelf Province (29), 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 information on ecology
General References
Burgess, C.M. 1985. Cowries of the World. Cape Town : Seacomber Publications 289 pp. [55] (as Cypraea rosselli)
Lorenz, F. 2001. Monograph of the living Zoila. Hackenheim, Germany : Conchbooks 187 pp. [41]
Lorenz, F. & Hubert, A. 2000. A Guide to Worldwide Cowries. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks pp. 1-584. [50] (as Zoila roselli rosselli and Zolia rosselli edingeri)
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. [197, pl. 28, figs 16-19]
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. [229-250, pls 238-258]
Wilson, B.R. & McComb, J.A. 1967. The genus Cypraea (subgenus Zoila Jousseaume). Indo-Pacific Mollusca 1: 457-488 [481-483]
Common Name References
Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [60, pl. 160] (Rossell's 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 |