OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Muricidae 

Spinidrupa dumosa (Conrad, 1837)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Morula (Spinidrupa) dumosa auct
   Purpura dumosa Conrad, 1837

Distribution

Indo-West Pacific; north Qld to northern NSW {Wilson1993B}

  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Gulf of Carp.
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
  ABRS Regions: Australia: New South Wales
  OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): New South Wales
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Queensland
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania

Keywords

habitat: fringing reef 
habitat: reef flats 

References

 Cernohorsky, W.O. 1982. p.126, figs. 5-9 Synonomy
 Kay, E.A. 1979. p.247, fig. 87C [ as Morula dumosa ]  General reference
 Wilson, B. 1994. p.45 General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Muricoidea
                        Muricidae Fleming, 1828
                          Ergalataxinae Kuroda & Habe, 1971
                            Spinidrupa Habe & Kosuge, 1966
                              Spinidrupa dumosa (Conrad, 1837)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=11276) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2001-08-23.