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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Volutidae 

Livonia roadnightae (McCoy, 1881)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Scaphella roadnightae auct
   Mammillana roadnightae auct
   Pterospira roadnightae auct
   Voluta roadnightae McCoy, 1881
   Livonia quisqualis Iredale, 1957

Common Name

Roadnight's Volute p.165 [as Pterospira roadnightae]      Allan, J. 1950.  

Distribution

Southern NSW to Rottnest Island, WA

  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricLower E coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricBass Strait
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricS Gulfs coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricGreat Australian Bight
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricLower W coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricSW coast
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaNew South Wales
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaVictoria
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaSouth Australia
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaWestern Australia
  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereAustralia (S)New South Wales
  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereAustralia (S)South Australia
  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereAustralia (S)Victoria
  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereAustralia (S)Western Australia

Keywords

depth: continental shelf [ 85-180 m {POPPE1992A} ]
depth: continental shelf       Poppe, G.T. & Goto, Y. 1992.  
depth: continental slope [ 300 m {Wilson1993B} ]
substrate: mud       Poppe, G.T. & Goto, Y. 1992.  
substrate: mud bottom 
substrate: sand       Poppe, G.T. & Goto, Y. 1992.  
substrate: sand bottom 

References

 Poppe, G.T. & Goto, Y. 1992. p.157, pl. 58, figs. 1-3 [ synonymy, distribution and habitat ]  General reference
 Weaver, C.S. & du Pont, J.E. 1970. p.49, pls. 18a, 18B [ synonymy, type information, distribution, habitat, description, animal and radula (Fig. 8b) and remarks ]  General reference
 Wilson, B. 1994. p.124, pl. 24, fig. 2a-c, pl. 24A, fig. 1 [ 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 roadnightae (McCoy, 1881)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=12396) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-05-12.