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Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Volutidae 

Cymbiola thatcheri (McCoy, 1868)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Voluta thatcheri McCoy, 1868
   Voluta brazieri Brazier, 1870

Common Name

Thatcher's Volute p.169, f.2 []      Allan, J. 1950.  

Distribution

Chesterfield, Bellona and Bampton Reefs, Coral Sea

  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificOceaniaWestern PacificCoral Sea

Keywords

depth: continental shelf [ to 205 m {POPPE1992A}, to 200 m deep {WILSON1993B} ]
depth: continental shelf 
depth: continental slope 
depth: shallow subtidal 
depth: subtidal [ from 6 m {POPPE1992A} ]
habitat: coral reef 
substrate: sand [ ]

References

 Poppe, G.T. & Goto, Y. 1992. p.176, pl. 75, figs. 6-8 [ synonymy, distribution, habitat, description and remarks ]  General reference
 Weaver, C.S. & du Pont, J.E. 1970. p.97, pl. 40F-G [ synonymy, type information, distribution, description and remarks ]  General reference
 Wilson, B. 1994. p.123, pl. 18, fig. 1a-b [ 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 thatcheri (McCoy, 1868)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=12346) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by dsherman on 2004-02-23.