OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Mitridae 

Mitra (Mitra) stictica (Link, 1807)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Voluta stictica Link, 1807
   Mitra abbatis Perry, 1811
   Mitra pontificalis Lamarck, 1811
   Voluta thiara Dillwyn, 1817
   Mitra pontificalis var. confluens Dautzenberg, 1935

Common Name

Pontifical Mitre p.158, pl.159      Wilson, B 2002.  

Distribution

East Africa to Polynesia (Cernohorsky, 1976), Indo-West Pacific; Scott Reef, WA to central Queensland (Wilson, 1994)

  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Polynesia
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: N coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Gulf of Carp.
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Northern Territory
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Eastern Indian Ocean: Cocos-Keeling
     Maes, V.O. 1967. p.138 
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Philippines
     Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. p.192 

Keywords

depth: continental shelf 
depth: intertidal 
depth: shallow subtidal 
depth: subtidal 
habit: nestling 
habitat: coral reef 

References

 Cernohorsky, W. O. 1976. p.309 [ Ditribution map (Pl. 262), synonymy, type information and general information. ]  General reference
 Kay, E.A. 1979. p.296 General reference
 Subba Rao, N.V. & Dey, A. 1984. p.9 General reference
 Wilson, B. 1994. p.147 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) stictica (Link, 1807)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=13083) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by dsherman on 2004-02-04.