OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Mitridae 

Mitra (Mitra) incompta Lightfoot, 1786

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Voluta incompta Lightfoot, 1786
   Mitra incompta (Lightfoot, 1786)
   Mitra terebralis Lamarck, 1811
   Mitra reevei Philippi, 1850

Distribution

East Africa to Polynesia and the Hawaiian Islands (Cernohorsky, 1976), Indo-West Pacific; possibly Queensland (Wilson, 1994)

  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast Africa
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificOceaniaPolynesiaHawaiian Islands (Sandwich Islands)
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificRed Sea
     Dekker, H. & Orlin, Z. 2000. p.29 
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricNE coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricGreat Barrier Reef
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaQueensland
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West Pacific
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaPhilippines
     Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. p.194 

Keywords

depth: intertidal and subtidal [ from the intertidal zone to a depth of 20 fathoms ]
habitat: coral reef [ lives on a hard reef and coral-rubble substratum ]
substrate: in coral rubble [ lives on a hard reef and coral-rubble substratum ]

References

 Cernohorsky, W. O. 1976. p.322 [ Distribution map (Pl. 275), synonymy, type information and general information. ]  General reference
 Kay, E.A. 1979. p.293 General reference
 Wilson, B. 1994. p.146 General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Volutoidea
                        Mitridae
                          Mitrinae
                            Mitra Lamarck, 1798
                              Mitra (Mitra) Lamarck, 1798
                                Mitra (Mitra) incompta Lightfoot, 1786

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=13073) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-08-12.