OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Muricidae 

Agnewia tritoniformis (Blainville, 1832)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Purpura tritoniformis Blainville, 1832
   Adamsia typica Dunker, 1856
   Purpura tritoniformis var. levidensis Kesteven, 1902
   Agnewia nautica Thornley, 1952

Common Name

Triton purple p.no. 6      Cotton, B.C. 1956.  
Common Small Purple p.112      McMichael, D.F. 1960.  
Triton Whelk p.138, pl.139      Wilson, B 2002.  

Distribution

  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Lower E coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Tas. coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: South Australia
  ABRS Regions: Australia: New South Wales
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Victoria
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Tasmania
  OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): New South Wales
  OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): South Australia
  OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): Tasmania
  OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): Victoria
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Victoria
  ABRS Regions: Australia: New South Wales
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Lower E coast
  OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): Victoria
  OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): Tasmania
  OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): New South Wales
  OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: New Zealand
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Queensland
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Tas. coast

Keywords

depth: intertidal 
depth: subtidal [ ]

References

 Kesteven, H. 1902.  Taxonomy
 Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1962. p.179, fig. 216 General reference
 Tan, K.S. 2003. p.967 General reference
 Wilson, B. 1994. p.40 General reference
 Wilson, B. 1994. p.40 Synonomy

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Muricoidea
                        Muricidae Fleming, 1828
                          Rapaninae Gray, 1853
                            Agnewia Tenison Woods, 1878
                              Agnewia tritoniformis (Blainville, 1832)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=11163) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by dsherman on 2004-01-28.