OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Muricidae 

Pterochelus diffusi (Iredale, 1936)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Pterochelus diffusi Iredale, 1936
   Pterynotus (Pterochelus) diffusi (Iredale, 1936)
   Pterynotus (Pterochelus) phillipsi Vokes, 1966

Common Name

Duffuse Murex p.78 [as Pterochelus duffusi]      Coleman, N. 1981.  

Distribution

Moreton Bay, Qld to Port Macdonnell, SA

  ABRS RegionsAustraliaSouth Australia
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaNew South Wales
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaQueensland
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaVictoria
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricNE coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricCentral E coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricLower E coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricBass Strait
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricS Gulfs coast
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaAustralia (N)Queensland
  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereAustralia (S)South Australia
  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereAustralia (S)Victoria
  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereAustralia (S)New South Wales

References

 Vokes, E.H. 1993. p.93, pl. 4, figs. 1-5 Contains synonymy
 Wilson, B. 1994. p.36 Synonomy

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Muricoidea
                        Muricidae Fleming, 1828
                          Muricinae Rafinesque, 1815
                            Pterochelus Jousseaume, 1880
                              Pterochelus diffusi (Iredale, 1936)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=11068) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by benamy on 2002-05-16.