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Notocypraea comptonii Compton's Cowrie

Notocypraea comptonii is commonly referred to as Compton's Cowrie. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Comptons cowrie Notocypraea comptoni, Eaglehawk Neck, Tasmania, September 2020_CC BY Simon Grove


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lexID:
16913 
AphiaID:
534640 
Scientific:
Notocypraea comptonii 
German:
Comptons Kauri 
English:
Compton's Cowrie 
Category:
 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Littorinimorpha (Order) > Cypraeidae (Family) > Notocypraea (Genus) > comptonii (Species) 
Initial determination:
(J. E. Gray, ), 1847 
Occurrence:
Australia, Tasmania (Australia) 
Marine Zone:
Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 
Sea depth:
5 - 10 Meter 
Habitats:
Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Seawater, Sea water 
Size:
0.79" - 0.79" (2,0cm - 2,5cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 64.4 °F (°C - 18°C) 
Food:
Algae (Algivore), Predatory 
Difficulty:
There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2024-10-29 15:15:23 

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Notocypraea comptonii (J. E. Gray, 1847)

Notocypraea is a genus of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries.

Synonymised names
Cypraea (Notocypraea) trenberthae Trenberth, 1961 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cypraea angustata var. mayi C. E. Beddome, 1898 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cypraea comptonii J. E. Gray, 1847 · unaccepted (original combination)
Cypraea trenberthae Trenberth, 1961 · unaccepted
Notocypraea angustata var. lentiginosa Coen, 1949 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Notocypraea casta F. A. Schilder & Summers, 1963 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Notocypraea comptonii casta F. A. Schilder & Summers, 1963 · unaccepted
Notocypraea comptonii comptonii (Gray, 1847) · unaccepted (no subspecies)

Direct children (3)
Subspecies Notocypraea comptonii casta F. A. Schilder & Summers, 1963 accepted as Notocypraea comptonii (J. E. Gray, 1847)
Subspecies Notocypraea comptonii comptonii (Gray, 1847) accepted as Notocypraea comptonii (J. E. Gray, 1847) (no subspecies)
Subspecies Notocypraea comptonii mayi (C. E. Beddome, 1898) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)

External links

  1. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 29.10.2024.
  2. Wikipedia (de). Abgerufen am 29.10.2024.

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Comptons cowrie Notocypraea comptoni, Eaglehawk Neck, Tasmania, September 2020_CC BY Simon Grove

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