OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Muricidae 

Tripterotyphis robustus (Verco, 1895)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Murex (Poropteron) robustus Verco, 1895

Common Name

Robust Pterynotus p.no. 10 [as Pterynotus robustus Verco, 1895]      Cotton, B.C. 1956.  
Robust Typhis p.81 [as Pterotyphis robustus]      Coleman, N. 1981.  

Distribution

Bass Strait to Fremantle, WA {Wilson1993B}

  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait
  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: SW coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: South Australia
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Victoria
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
  OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): Victoria
  OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): South Australia
  OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): Western Australia

Keywords

depth: subtidal [ 8-10 m depth {Wilson1993B} ]
habitat: coral reef [ associated with Spondyllus tenellus living on silty limestone reefs ]

References

 Radwin, G.E. & D'Attilio, A. 1976. p.204, pl. 29, fig. 11 General reference
 Wilson, B. 1994. p.55 General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Muricoidea
                        Muricidae Fleming, 1828
                          Typhinae Cossmann, 1903
                            Tripterotyphis Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932
                              Tripterotyphis robustus (Verco, 1895)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=11471) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2001-08-22.