WoRMS taxon details
Nesiocypraea midwayensis Azuma & Kurohara, 1967
AphiaID: 570526
AphiaID: 570526
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Cypraeoidea (Superfamily) > Cypraeidae (Family) > Nesiocypraea (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||
| Typetaxon of |
Nesiocypraea Azuma & Kurohara, 1967 | |||||||
| Parent | Nesiocypraea Azuma & Kurohara, 1967 | |||||||
| Sources |
original description: Azuma, M. and Kurohara, K. (1967). A new cowry collected off Midway Island. Venus 26: 2-3. page(s): 2-3 [details] additional source: Lorenz & Hubert (2000). A guide to worldwide cowries. ConchBooks 1-584 page(s): 109 [details] | |||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Subspecies Nesiocypraea midwayensis kontiki Lorenz, 2012 Subspecies Nesiocypraea midwayensis midwayensis Azuma & Kurohara, 1967 | |||||||
| Environment | marine | |||||||
| Distribution | China Sea [details] | |||||||
| Link | To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection | |||||||
| Note |
Etymology: Species incorrectly named after Midway Atoll, where it was originally believed to occur. It actually lives between southern Japan and northern Philippines (according to Lorenz and Hubert, 2000). [details] | |||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:570526 | |||||||
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| Citation: Moretzsohn, F. (2013). Nesiocypraea midwayensis Azuma & Kurohara, 1967. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=570526 on 2013-05-24 | ||||||||
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