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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Volutidae 

Volutoconus grossi (Iredale, 1927)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Cymbiola (Volutoconus) grossi auct
   Amoria grossi Iredale, 1927
   Volutoconus grossi mcmichaeli Habe & Kosuge, 1966
   Volutoconus grossi helenae McMichael, 1966

Common Name

Gross's Volute p.98      McMichael, D.F. 1960.  
Tin Can Bay Volute p.284      Coleman, N. 1981.  
McMichael's Volute p.286 [ asVoluta grossi mcmichael Habe & Kosuge, 1966]      Coleman, N. 1981.  

Distribution

Townsville, Queensland to Port Macquarie, New South Wales {Wilson1993B}

  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Lower E coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: New South Wales
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
  OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): New South Wales
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Queensland

Keywords

depth: continental shelf [ 27-200 m {POPPE1992A} ]
depth: continental shelf 
depth: continental slope [ 200 m or more {Wilson1993B} ]
substrate: gravel 
substrate: sand 
substrate: sand bottom 

References

 Abbott, R.T. 1958. p.3, pl. 1, figs. 1-2, 5, text fig. 2 [ as Cymbiola (Volutoconus) grossi, description, type information, information about the animal and remarks ]  General reference
 Allan, J. 1956. p.48 General reference
 Poppe, G.T. & Goto, Y. 1992. p.213, pl. 106, fig. 3, pl. 107, figs. 1-2, 8-9 [ synonymy, distribution, habitat, description and remarks ]  General reference
 Weaver, C.S. & du Pont, J.E. 1970. p.137 [ pl. 62A-C, figs. 30e-g as Volutoconus grossi grossi . pl. 62D, 62E as Volutoconus grossi mcmichaeli, synonymy, type information, distribution, habitat, description, animal and radula and remarks ]  General reference
 Wilson, B. 1994. p.117 [ description, distribution, habitat and synonymy ]  General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Volutoidea
                        Volutidae Rafinesque, 1815
                          Cymbiolinae Bondarev, 1995
                            Volutoconus Crosse, 1871
                              Volutoconus grossi (Iredale, 1927)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=12259) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-05-12.