OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Mitridae
Mitra (Nebularia) aurantia (Gmelin, 1791)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Included taxa
Mitra (Nebularia) aurantia aurantia (Gmelin, 1791)
Mitra (Nebularia) aurantia subruppeli Finlay, 1927
Distribution
Gulf of Aden and Gulf of Oman to Natal, east to southern Japan (Osumi Is.), Gilbert Is., Tonga Is. and Society Is. (Tahiti, Raiatea).
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Gulf of Aden
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Indo-Arabia: Gulf of Oman
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific: Tonga
Keywords
habitat: coral reef [ in crevices, among algae and under coral rocks
]
substrate: under coral [ in crevices, among algae and under coral rocks
]
References
Cernohorsky, W. O. 1976. p.425 Subspecific arrangement
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Visceroconcha
Gastropoda
Orthogastropoda
Caenogastropoda
Sorbeoconcha
Hypsogastropoda
Neogastropoda
Volutoidea
Mitridae
Mitrinae
Mitra Lamarck, 1798
Mitra (Nebularia) Swainson, 1840
Mitra (Nebularia) aurantia (Gmelin, 1791)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=13094) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-03-05.