OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Buccinidae 

Metula inflatus (Houbrick, 1984)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Acamptochetus inflatus Houbrick, 1984

Distribution

Central Indo-West Pacific; North West Shelf, WA (Wilson, 1994)

  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificOceania
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian OceanEastern Indian Ocean
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian OceanIndo-Arabia
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricNW coast
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian OceanEastern Indian OceanIndia (E)
     Hylleberg, J. & Kilburn, R.N. 2002. p.37 
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-Malaysia
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaWestern Australia
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaPhilippines
     Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. p.127, no. 19 

Keywords

depth: continental slope [ about 500 m ]

References

 Wilson, B. 1994. p.95 General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Buccinoidea
                        Buccinidae
                          Pisaniinae
                            Metula H. & A. Adams, 1853
                              Metula inflatus (Houbrick, 1984)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=11835) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-09-03.