OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
ANSP OBIS Home | Another Search
Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Muricidae
Pinaxia versicolor (Gray, 1839)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Pyrula versicolor Gray, 1839
Pinaxia versicolor (Gray, 1839)
Common Name
Varicoloured Thaid p.82 Coleman, N. 1981.
Variegated purple p.no. 14 Cotton, B.C. 1956.
Distribution
Indo-West Pacific; Barrow I., WA to central NSW {Wilson1993B}
ABRS Regions: Australia: New South Wales
ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
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: NE coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
ABRS Regions: Australia: Northern Territory
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific
OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): New South Wales
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea
Dekker, H. & Orlin, Z. 2000. p.27
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Philippines
Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. p.145
Keywords
depth: continental shelf [ to 80 metres
]
References
Kay, E.A. 1979. p.250, fig. 88C General reference
Wilson, B. 1994. p.46 General reference
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Visceroconcha
Gastropoda
Orthogastropoda
Caenogastropoda
Sorbeoconcha
Hypsogastropoda
Neogastropoda
Muricoidea
Muricidae Fleming, 1828
Rapaninae Gray, 1853
Pinaxia H. & A. Adams, 1853
Pinaxia versicolor (Gray, 1839)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=11376) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-08-05.