OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Volutidae 

Cymbiola sophia (Gray, 1846)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Voluta sophia Gray, 1846

Common Name

Sophia's Volute p.167 [as Cymbiola sophiae]      Allan, J. 1950.  

Distribution

  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricN coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricGulf of Carp.
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricNE coast
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaNorthern Territory
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaQueensland
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaAustralia (N)Northern Territory
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaAustralia (N)Queensland

Keywords

depth: continental shelf [ to 36 m {POPPE1992A} ]
depth: continental shelf 
depth: intertidal 
depth: shallow subtidal 
depth: subtidal 
depth: subtidal 
substrate: mud 
substrate: mud bottom 

References

 Bail, P. & Limpus, A. 1997. p.14, figs. 84-103 General reference
 Poppe, G.T. & Goto, Y. 1992. p.167, pl. 64, figs. 4-7 [ synonymy, distribution, habitat, description and remarks ]  General reference
 Weaver, C.S. & du Pont, J.E. 1970. p.89, pl. 37A-C [ synonymy, type information, distribution, habitat, description, animal and radula (fig. 17d) and remarks. ]  General reference
 Wilson, B. 1994. p.123, pl. 17, fig. 6a-b [ distribution and habitat ]  General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Volutoidea
                        Volutidae Rafinesque, 1815
                          Cymbiolinae Bondarev, 1995
                            Cymbiola Swainson, 1831
                              Cymbiola sophia (Gray, 1846)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=12344) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by dsherman on 2004-02-23.