OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Volutidae 

Volutoconus hargreavesi (Angas, 1872)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Cymbiola (Volutoconus) hargreavesi auct
   Voluta (Aulica) hargreavesi Angas, 1872
   Volutoconus hargreavesi daisyae Weaver, 1967

Distribution

Fremantle to Lacepede Island, Western Australia {WILSON1993B}

  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricLower W coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricCentral W coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricNW coast
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaAustralia (N)Western Australia
  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereAustralia (S)Western Australia
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricSW coast
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaWestern Australia

Keywords

depth: continental shelf 
depth: continental slope [ to 210 m ]
depth: intertidal [ rarely found intertidally {Wilson1993B} ]
depth: intertidal 
depth: shallow subtidal 
depth: subtidal 
substrate: gravel [ gravel bottom, mainly consisting of broken corals {POPPE1992A} ]
substrate: sand bottom 

References

 Poppe, G.T. & Goto, Y. 1992. p.214, pl. 106, figs. 1-2, pl. 107, figs. 3-5 [ synonymy, distribution, habitat, description and remarks ]  General reference
 Weaver, C.S. & du Pont, J.E. 1970. p.138, pl. 61E, 61F, 61G [ synonymy, type information, distribution, habitat, description, animal and radula and remarks ]  General reference
 Wilson, B. 1994. p.118 [ 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 hargreavesi (Angas, 1872)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=12262) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-05-12.