OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Turbinellidae
Syrinx aruanus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Murex aruanus Linnaeus, 1758
Murex gigas Born, 1780
Fusus proboscidiferus Lamarck, 1822
Cerithium brazieri Tryon, 1887
Common Name
Australian Giant Conch p.140, pl.141 Wilson, B 2002.
False Trumpet Shell p.22, pl.36 Coleman, N. 1975.
Distribution
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Queensland
OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): Western Australia
ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: SW coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NW coast
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Western Australia
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Papua New Guinea
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Northern Territory
ABRS Regions: Australia: Northern Territory
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: N coast
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China: Japan
Keywords
depth: continental shelf
depth: intertidal
eCode: sand flats
eCode: sublittoral
References
Blackburn, H. 1976. p.f.54 Distribution
Brauer, F. 1878. p.171 Synonomy
Hinton, A. 1972. p.14 Distribution
McMichael, D.F. 1960. p.106 Distribution
Tate, R. 1894. p.244 Synonomy
Tokioka, T. 1955. p.278 Distribution
Tryon, G.W. 1881. p.52 Synonomy
Wilson, B. 1994. p.59 General reference
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Visceroconcha
Gastropoda
Orthogastropoda
Caenogastropoda
Sorbeoconcha
Hypsogastropoda
Neogastropoda
Volutoidea
Turbinellidae
Turbinellinae
Syrinx Röding, 1798
Syrinx aruanus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=11529) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by dsherman on 2004-01-28.