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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Volutidae 

Livonia mammilla (Sowerby, 1844)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Mamillana mamilla auct
   Scapha mamilla auct
   Cymbium mamilla auct
   Voluta mammilla Sowerby, 1844
   Livonia mamilla leucostoma Mayblom, 1951

Common Name

False Melon Shell p.164, pl.16, f.9 [As Mamilliana mamilla]      Allan, J. 1950.  
False Baler Shell p.220 [As Mamilliana mamilla]      Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1962.  

Distribution

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

Keywords

depth: continental shelf [ 180 m {Wilson1993B}. 90-180 m {POPPE1992A} ]
depth: continental shelf 
substrate: sand 
substrate: sand bottom 

References

 Poppe, G.T. & Goto, Y. 1992. p.156, pl. 59, figs 1-5 [ synonymy, distribution, habitat, description and remarks ]  General reference
 Weaver, C.S. & du Pont, J.E. 1970. p.48, pl. 17A, 17B, 17c [ synonymy, including new combinations and misspellings; type information; distribution; habitat; description; animal and radula; remarks (places leucostoma Mayblom, 1951 into synonymy) and illustration of radula (fig. 8a) ]  General reference
 Wilson, B. 1994. p.124, pl. 25, fig. 3, pl. 25A, fig. 4 [ description, distribution, habitat and synonymy ]  General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Volutoidea
                        Volutidae Rafinesque, 1815
                          Zidoninae
                            Livonia Gray, 1855
                              Livonia mammilla (Sowerby, 1844)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=12390) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by dsherman on 2004-03-03.