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Blasicrura rashleighana rashleighana (Melvill, 1888) 
AphiaID: 579217

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Cypraeoidea (Superfamily) > Cypraeidae (Family) > Blasicrura (Genus) > Blasicrura rashleighana (Species)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (DNA sequences by C. Meyer (Cowrie Genetic database project, 2005) show it belongs in Ovatipsa)
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Ovatipsa rashleighana rashleighana (Melvill, 1888)
Rank Subspecies
Parent Blasicrura rashleighana (Melvill, 1888) accepted as Ovatipsa rashleighana (Melvill, 1888)
Source  basis of record: Lorenz F. (2002) New worldwide cowries. Descriptions of new taxa and revisions of selected groups of living Cypraeidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Schriften zur Malakozoologie aus dem Haus der Natur-Cismar 20: 1-292, pls 1-40. [details]

Environment marine
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:579217
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2011-08-24 13:49:45Z  created  Bouchet, Philippe
2012-04-27 23:33:11Z  changed  Moretzsohn, Fabio
  
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  Citation: Moretzsohn, F.; Bouchet, P. (2013). Blasicrura rashleighana rashleighana (Melvill, 1888). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=579217 on 2013-05-25
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