Daira perlata

Daira perlata (Herbst, 1790) Daira perlata — Morton and Morton 1983: 273, fig. 12.9(13). Taxonomy: Guinot (1967b), JCY Lai et al. (2014). Type: Status unknown (Not reported by K. Sakai 1999; may be lost as not found despite search of ZMB collections and archives by PKL Ng). Type locality: Unknown. Distribution: Western Indian Ocean to Central Pacific: from Madagascar and East Africa, Red Sea, India, Southeast and East Asia as north as the Ryukyus, to Australia, Central Pacific and Hawaii (Guinot 1967b). Habitat: Subtidal, in shallow waters, often associated with corals or reefs (locally see Morton and Morton 1983).