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Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Volutidae 

Cymbiola nivosa (Lamarck, 1804)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Voluta nivosa Lamarck, 1804
   Voluta nivosa nautica Lamarck, 1804
   Voluta nivosa subspinosa Lamarck, 1804
   Voluta nivosa var. coxi Kenyon, 1913

Common Name

Snowy Volute p.166      Allan, J. 1950.  
Blotched Snowflake Volute p.253      Coleman, N. 1981.  

Distribution

Fremantle to Shark Bay, Western Australia

  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Lower W coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Central W coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
  OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): Western Australia
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Western Australia

Keywords

depth: continental shelf [ to 40 m {POPPE1992A} ]
depth: continental shelf 
depth: continental shelf 
depth: intertidal 
depth: intertidal 
depth: intertidal 
depth: intertidal 
depth: shallow subtidal 
depth: shallow subtidal 
depth: shallow subtidal 
depth: shallow subtidal 
depth: subtidal 
substrate: sand 
substrate: sand 
substrate: sand bottom 

References

 Bail, P. & Limpus, A. 1997. p.8, figs. 24-33 General reference
 McMichael, D.F. 1960. p.96 [ as Aulicina nivosa ]  New combination
 Poppe, G.T. & Goto, Y. 1992. p.164, pl. 65, figs. 1-6, pl. 66, fig. 5 [ synonymy, distribution, habitat, description and remarks ]  General reference
 Weaver, C.S. & du Pont, J.E. 1970. p.85, pl. 35F-I [ synonymy, type information, distribution, habitat, description and remarks ]  General reference
 Wilson, B. 1994. p.121 [ 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
                            Cymbiola Swainson, 1831
                              Cymbiola nivosa (Lamarck, 1804)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=12325) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-05-11.