SHELLS OF EAST SINAI, AN ILLUSTRATED LIST. CYPRAEIDAE

by E.L. Heiman*) & H.K.Mienis**)

Abstract: twenty-six species of the family Cypraeidae inhabiting the waters bordering East Sinai in the Gulf of Aqaba, the presence of which is confirmed by material in local collections, are listed and illustrated. This article is first published in TRITON 8, September 2003.

Key words: Mollusca, Gastropoda, Cypraeidae, Sinai, Gulf of Aqaba, distribution.

Table 1 contains the list of Cypraeidae, which we were able to confirm as living in the Gulf of Aqaba. They are illustrated on Plate 1 and Plate 2.

Table 1

List of Cypraeidae from East Sinai

#

species/subspecies

author & date

 

#

species/subspecies

author & date

1

Mauritia arabica grayana

(Schilder, 1930)

14

Palmadusta ziczac

(Linnaeus, 1758)

2

Leporicypraea mappa

(Linnaeus, 1758)

15

Blasicrura teres elatensis

Heiman & Mienis, 2001

3

Cypraea pantherina rasnasraniensis

Heiman & Mienis, 2001

16

Bistolida erythraeensis

(Sowerby, 1837)

4

Lyncina camelopardalis sharmiensis

Heiman & Mienis, 1999

17

Cribrarula cribraria

(Linnaeus, 1758)

5

Lyncina carneola crassa

(Gmelin, 1791)

18

Notadusta punctata

(Linnaeus, 1758)

6

Lyncina lynx williamsi

(Melvill, 1888)

19

Erosaria annulus

(Linnaeus, 1758)

7

Lyncina titan

Schilder & Schilder,1962

20

Erosaria macandrewi

(Sowerby, 1870)

8

Talparia talpa

(Linnaeus, 1758)

21

Erosaria nebrites

(Melvill, 1888)

9

Luria isabella isabella

(Linnaeus, 1758)

22

Erosaria nucleus sturanyi

Schilder & Schilder, 1938

10

Luria pulchra sinaiensis

Heiman & Mienis, 2000

23

Erosaria turdus pardalina

(Dunker, 1852)

11

Erronea caurica nabeqensis

Heiman & Mienis, 2000

24

Staphylaea staphylaea

(Linnaeus, 1758)

12

Purpuradusta gracilis notata

(Gill, 1858)

25

Pustularia cicercula lienardi

(Jousseaume, 1874)

13

Purpuradusta microdon microdon

(Gray, 1828)

26

Pustularia globulus brevirostris

Schilder & Schilder, 1938

Acknowledgements

Many thanks to members of the Israel Malacological Society for supplying background information for this article.


References

Dekker, H. & Orlin, Z. 2000. Check-list of Red Sea mollusca. 46 pp. Spirula 47 Supplement.

Heiman, E.L. 2002. Cowries of East Sinai. 208 pp.

*)   E. L. Heiman P.O.Box 664 Rehovot 76100 Israel E-mail: heimel@netvision.net.il

Dept. Evolution, Systematics & Ecology, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, IL-91904 Israel. E-mail: mienis@netzer.org.il


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