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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Volutidae 

Ericusa sowerbyi (Kiener, 1839)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Voluta fusiformis Swainson, 1822
   Voluta sowerbyi Kiener, 1839
   Mesericusa sowerbyi perspecta Iredale, 1929
   Ericusa sowerbyi porcellana Jackson, 1954
   Mesericusa stokesi Cotton, 1961

Common Name

Sowerby's Volute p.164 [as Mesericusa sowerbyi]      Allan, J. 1950.  

Distribution

Cape Moreton, Queensland to Beachport, South Australia (Wilson, 1994)

  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Lower E coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: S Gulfs coast
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Queensland
  OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): Victoria
  ABRS Regions: Australia: New South Wales
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Victoria
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: S Gulfs coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: South Australia
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
  ABRS Regions: Australia: New South Wales
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Victoria
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Queensland
  OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): New South Wales
  OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): South Australia
  OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): Victoria

Keywords

depth: continental shelf [ to 180 m {POPPE1992A}, to 250 m {WILSON1993B} ]
depth: continental shelf 
depth: continental slope 
depth: subtidal [ from 10 m ]
substrate: mud [ ]
substrate: sand 
substrate: sand bottom 

References

 Adams, H. & A. Adams 1853. p.164 [ as Scaphella ( Alcithoe) fusiformis (Swainson) ]  New combination
 Cotton, B.C. 1949. p.186 [ as Mesericusa sowerbyi (Kiener) ]  New combination
 Gray, J. E. 1955. p.58 [ as Scapha fusiformis (Swainson) ]  New combination
 Poppe, G.T. & Goto, Y. 1992. p.154, pl. 55, figs. 1-2 [ synonymy, distribution and illustrations ]  General reference
 Shikama, T. & Horikoshi, M. 1963. p.107, pl. 88, fig. 4 [ as Ericusa ( Mesericusa) sowerbyi (Kiener) ]  New combination
 Smith, M. 1942. p.32, pl. 20, fig. 137 [ as Alcithoe fusiformis (Swainson) ]  New combination
 Weaver, C.S. & du Pont, J.E. 1970. p.53, 54 [ Mesericusa stokesi Cotton, 1961 is in the synonymy of Ericusa (Mesericusa) stokesi (Cotton, 1961) (p. 54) ; synonymy, type information, distribution, habitat, description, animal and radula and remarks. ]  General reference
 Wilson, B. 1994. p.124, pl. 25, fig. 1a-b [ 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 sowerbyi (Kiener, 1839)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=12379) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-05-12.