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Dicathais orbita (Gmelin, 1791)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Buccinum orbita Gmelin, 1791
   Thais orbita (Gmelin, 1791)
   Dicathais orbita (Gmelin, 1791)
   Purpura succincta Lamarck, 1816
   Purpura textillosa Lamarck, 1816
   Purpura scalaris Menke, 1829
   Purpura aegrota Reeve, 1846
   Dicathais vector Thornley, 1952

Common Name

Cart-wheel Purple p.146 [as Dicanthis orbita]      Allan, J. 1950.  
Cartrut Shell p.112 [as Dicanthis orbita]      McMichael, D.F. 1960.  
The Sickly Purpura p.no. 42      Reeve, L.A. 1846.  
The Interwoven Purpura p.no. 66 [as Purpura textiliosa]      Reeve, L.A. 1846.  
Dog Winkle p.181 [as Dicathais textilosa]      Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1962.  
Dog Whelk p.no. 5 [as Dicathais textiliosa]      Cotton, B.C. 1956.  
Southern Rock Shell p.138, pl.139      Wilson, B 2002.  

Distribution

  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Lower E coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Tas. coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: S Gulfs coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Australian Bight
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Lower W coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Central W coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: SW coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
  ABRS Regions: Australia: South Australia
  ABRS Regions: Australia: New South Wales
  OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S)
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Queensland
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Western Australia
  OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: New Zealand
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Lower E coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Lower W coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: S Gulfs coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Australian Bight
  ABRS Regions: Australia: South Australia
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Tasmania
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Victoria
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
  ABRS Regions: Australia: New South Wales
  OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: New Zealand: New Zealand Outliers: Kermadec Islands
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific: Lord Howe (Australia)
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific: Norfolk Island (Australia)

Keywords

feeds on: animals 

References

 Allan, J. 1950. p.146, pl. 23, fig. 11 [ as Dicanthis orbita ]  General reference
 Baker, J.T. & Sutherland, M.D. 1968. [ as Dicathais orbita ]  Biology and ecology
 Hedley, C. 1906. p.533, pl. 33, figs. 31-32 Biology and ecology
 Ludbrook, N.H. 1978. p.146 Synonomy
 Phillips, B.F. 1969. [ as Dicanthais aegrota ]  Biology and ecology
 Powell, A.W.B. 1971. p.219, figs. 12-14 General reference
 Tan, K.S. 2003. p.971-977 General reference
 Wilson, B. 1994. p.48 Contains synonymy
 Wilson, B. R. & Gillet, K. 1971. p.98, pl. 60 [ fig. 10 as Dicathais orbita fig. 9-9a as Dicathais textilosa ]  General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Muricoidea
                        Muricidae Fleming, 1828
                          Rapaninae Gray, 1853
                            Dicathais Iredale, 1936
                              Dicathais orbita (Gmelin, 1791)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=11325) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by dsherman on 2004-01-28.