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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Mitridae 

Mitra (Nebularia) amaura Hervier, 1898

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Mitra amaura Hervier, 1898

Distribution

eastern New Guinea to the Tonga Islands (Cernohorsky, 1976), Indo-West Pacific; Torres Strait to northern NSW (Wilson, 1994)

  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaPapua New Guinea
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificOceaniaWestern PacificTonga
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricNE coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricCentral E coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricGreat Barrier Reef
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaNew South Wales
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaQueensland
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-Malaysia
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificOceaniaWestern Pacific
  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereAustralia (S)New South Wales
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian OceanEastern Indian OceanIndia (E)
     Hylleberg, J. & Kilburn, R.N. 2002. p.24 

Keywords

depth: intertidal 
depth: intertidal 
habitat: coral reef [ under coral and in crevices ]
substrate: under coral [ under coral and in crevices ]

References

 Cernohorsky, W. O. 1976. p.439 [ distribution, synonymy, type and general information ]  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 (Nebularia) Swainson, 1840
                                Mitra (Nebularia) amaura Hervier, 1898

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=13090) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-03-16.