CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota - Taxon report

Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

CAAB Code
24 155005 Show as JSON
Scientific Name & Authority
Notocypraea comptonii   (Gray, 1847)
Rank
Species
CAAB category
24 - Mollusca - Gastropoda Gastropods (univalve molluscs, slugs, snails etc.)
Family
24 155 Cypraeidae (cowries) - show full list
Common Name
[a cowrie]
Organism Type
a cowrie
Synonyms
Cypraea (Notocypraea) comptonii Notocypraea casta Cypraea trenberthae Cypraea wilkinsi
Taxon lists
Current Australian list:
Commercial species list:
Standard Fish Names List:
Habitat
Marine unspecified
Parent Codes
24 155921     Notocypraea spp.
Identifiers
Australian Faunal Directory (AFD) urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:517231a8-5728-431b-be2a-f599a2d5c935
Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21
View at Atlas of Living Australia
World Register of Marine Species urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:534640
Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2017-05-16
View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)
Record source
Wilson, B., 1993, Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods Pt I. Odyssey Publishing, Leederville, W.A.
Scientific Name verified against
WoRMS, WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species. . Available from http: www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.