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Species Zoila venusta (Sowerby, 1847)

Much Desired Cowry

 

Distribution

States

South Australia, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

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

 

Common Name References

Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [61, pl. 164] (Much Desired Cowry)

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
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