Species Zoila venusta (Sowerby, 1847)
Much Desired Cowry
- Cypraea venusta Sowerby, G.B. (2nd) 1847. Description of a new species of Cowry. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London 1: 314 [314].
Type data:
Holotype CUMZ, Port Adelaide, South Australia, Western Australia by designation. - Cypraea thatcheri Cox, J. 1869. On three new species of Australian marine shells. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1869(2): 358-359, pl. 26 [358, pl. 26, figs 1-1a].
Type data:
Holotype (Museum listed as IRSN), "Dampier Archipelago", corrected to Cervantes Islands. - Cypraea venusta bakeri Gatliff, J.H. 1915. Descriptions of two new Australian varieties of cowries. Victorian Naturalist 32(10): 147-149 [147] [as Cypraea venusta var. bakeri Raybaudi, 1985].
Type data:
Status unknown, Western Australia. - Zoila thersites episema Iredale, T. 1939. Australian Cowries. Part 2. The Australian Zoologist 9: 297-323 pls, 27-29 [300, pl. 27, figs 3-4].
Type data:
Status unknown, Cape Naturaliste, South-west Australia. - Zoila venusta sorrentensis Schilder, F.A. 1963. Further remarks on two rare cowrie species (Gastropoda). The Veliger 5(4): 125-128 [126].
Type data:
Holotype 13344 (in Professor Schilders personal collection), Sorrento Beach, near Fremantle. - Bernaya catei Schilder, F.A. 1963. Further remarks on two rare cowrie species (Gastropoda). The Veliger 5(4): 125-128 [127].
Type data:
Holotype LACM 063473, West Wallaby I., Abrolhos Is., Western Australia.
Generic Combinations
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, intertidal, marine, subtidal.
Extra Ecological Information
Lives on and of sponges. See Wilson & Clarkson (2004) for extensive ecological information
General References
Lorenz, F. 2001. Monograph of the living Zoila. Hackenheim, Germany : Conchbooks 187 pp. [25]
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. & 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. [251-286, pls 259-298]
Common Name References
Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [61, pl. 164] (Much Desired Cowry)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01-Jun-2021 | CYPRAEOIDEA | 20-Mar-2012 | MOVED | Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) |
| 01-Jun-2021 | 05-Mar-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 01-Jun-2021 | 05-Mar-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 21-Nov-2011 | MODIFIED |