OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Muricidae 

Rapa bulbiformis Sowerby, 1870

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Rapa bulbiformis Sowerby, 1870

Distribution

Southern Japan - Philippines - South Pacific (Kosuge&Suzuki1985).

  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Gulf of Carp.
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania

Keywords

habit: embedded 
substrate: coral [ lives embedded in soft corals . ]

References

 Drivas, J. & Jay, M. 1996. p.56, fig. 14 General reference
 Kosuge, S. & Suzuki, M. 1985. p.44, pl. 48, fig. 2 General reference
 Wilson, B. 1994. p.20 General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Muricoidea
                        Muricidae Fleming, 1828
                          Coralliophilinae
                            Rapa Röding, 1798
                              Rapa bulbiformis Sowerby, 1870

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=10707) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2001-09-09.