OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Volutidae 

Ericusa sericata Thornley, 1951

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Notopeplum sericatum auct
   Ericusa sericata Thornley, 1951

Common Name

Silky Volute p.290      Coleman, N. 1981.  

Distribution

Wide Bay, Queensland to Wollongong, New South Wales

  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
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Queensland

Keywords

depth: continental shelf [ 65-180 m {PB1254}, trawled along the outer part of the continental shelf {WILSON1993B} ]
substrate: mud bottom [ hard mud {POPPE1992A} ]
substrate: sand bottom 

References

 Poppe, G.T. & Goto, Y. 1992. p.152, pl. 54, figs 4-5 [ as Notopeplum sericatum, synonymy, distribution, habitat, description and remarks ]  General reference
 Weaver, C.S. & du Pont, J.E. 1970. p.52, pl. 20C-D [ synonymy, distribution, habitat, description and remarks ]  General reference
 Wilson, B. 1994. p.123, pl. 23, figs. 4a-b, pl. 24A, fig. 5 [ distribution, habitat and synonymy ]  General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Volutoidea
                        Volutidae Rafinesque, 1815
                          Zidoninae
                            Ericusa H. & A. Adams, 1858
                              Ericusa sericata Thornley, 1951

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=12377) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-05-12.