OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Muricidae 

Orania ficula (Reeve, 1848)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Lataxiena (Orania) ficula auct
   Fusus ficula Reeve, 1848
   Murex serotina Adams, 1851
   Latirus contemptus Adams, 1855
   Murex (Ocinebra) pholidota Watson, 1883
   Fusus cereus Smith, 1884

Distribution

Broome, WA to Sydney, NSW {Wilson1993B}

  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereAustralia (S)New South Wales
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaWestern Australia
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaQueensland
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaNorthern Territory
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaNew South Wales
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricNW coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricN coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricGulf of Carp.
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricGreat Barrier Reef
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricNE coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricCentral E coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricLower E coast
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaAustralia (N)

Keywords

depth: subtidal 

References

 Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. p.71, pl. 21, fig. 2 [ as Lataxiena pholidota (Watson, 1883) ]  General reference
 Wilson, B. 1994. p.23 General reference
 Wilson, B. 1994. p.23 Synonomy

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Muricoidea
                        Muricidae Fleming, 1828
                          Ergalataxinae Kuroda & Habe, 1971
                            Orania Pallary, 1900
                              Orania ficula (Reeve, 1848)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=10776) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2001-08-31.