WoRMS taxon details
Cypraecassis rufa (Linnaeus, 1758)
AphiaID: 217000
AphiaID: 217000
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Tonnoidea (Superfamily) > Cassidae (Family) > Cypraecassis (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Cypraecassis Stutchbury, 1837 | ||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Cassis rufa (Linnaeus, 1758) | ||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice [details] additional source: Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector’s Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp. page(s): 70 [details] from synonym: Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Contribution à l'étude de la faune de Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Faune des colonies françaises, III(fasc. 4). Société d'Editions géographiques, maritimes et coloniales: Paris. 321-636, plates IV-VII pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] | ||||||||||||||||
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| Environment | marine | ||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Aldabra [details] Chagos [details] Madagascar (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Mascarene Basin [details] Mauritius [details] Mozambique [details] Mtwapa [details] Tanzania [details] Ungama Bay [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| Links | To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection | ||||||||||||||||
| Note |
Description: A conspicuous, solid, thick, heavy shell, up to 17 cm, with a narrow aperture. Dorsally reddish with 3 or 4 broad spiral bands bearing rounded nodules. Thick outer lip light orange with strong, lighter teeth, and columella orange with white ridges. An important predator of sea urchins. Habitat: shallow, sandy substrates close to coral reefs. Distribution: Indo-Pacific. (Richmond, 1997). [details] | ||||||||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217000 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Rosenberg, G. (2013). Cypraecassis rufa (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217000 on 2013-05-19 | |||||||||||||||||
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