OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Muricidae 

Mancinella virgatus (Dillwyn, 1817)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Murex plicatus Gmelin, 1791
   Murex virgatus Dillwyn, 1817
   Purpura hippocastanum Lamarck, 1822
   Purpura aculeata Deshayes & Milne Edwards, 1844
   Purpura distiguenda Dunker & Zelebor, 1866
   Purpura pseudohippocastanum Dautzenberg, 1929

Common Name

Prickly Thaid p.76      Coleman, N. 1981.  

Distribution

Indo-West Pacific; Pt. Cloates, WA to Qld {Wilson1993B}

  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NW coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: N coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Gulf of Carp.
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Northern Territory
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Northern Territory
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NW coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: N coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Gulf of Carp.
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef

Keywords

depth: intertidal [ ]
feeds on: gastropods 
habitat: rocky shore [ among rockoysters {Wilson1993B} ]

References

 Cernohorsky, W.O. 1969. p.295, pl. 47, fig. 1 [ as Thais aculeata ]  Contains synonymy
 Middelfart, P. 1997. p.365-366, pl. 3, fig. 11 Checklist
 Tan, K.S. 1995. p.188-201, figs. 61-66 [ synonomy, description, habitat and distribution as Thais aculeata ]  General reference
 Tan, K.S. 1995. p.280-295, figs. 98, 99a-d, 100a-d, 101-103, 90 b [ as Thais distinguenda ]  Alternate taxonomic arrangement
 Wilson, B. 1994. p.48 [ as Thais aculeata ]  General reference
 Wilson, B. 1994. p.48 [ as Thais aculeata ]  Synonomy
 Wilson, B. R. & Gillet, K. 1971. p.98, pl. 60, figs. 5-5a [ as Thais aculeata ]  General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Muricoidea
                        Muricidae Fleming, 1828
                          Rapaninae Gray, 1853
                            Mancinella Link, 1807
                              Mancinella virgatus (Dillwyn, 1817)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=11334) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-05-28.