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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Mitridae 

Mitra (Nebularia) aurora floridula Sowerby, 1874

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Mitra floridula Sowerby, 1874
   Mitra aurora floridula (Sowerby, 1874)
   Mitra (Chrysame) tiarella var. amplificata Dautzenberg & Bouge, 1923

Distribution

Red Sea and Mauritius to southern Japan, the Gilbert Islands and Tonga Islands (Cernohorsky, 1976), Indo-West Pacific; Torres Strait to Swain Reefs, Queensland (Wilson, 1994)

  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea
     Dekker, H. & Orlin, Z. 2000. p.29 
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Polynesia: Kiribati: Gilbert Islands
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Philippines
     Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. p.196 

Keywords

depth: continental shelf 
depth: intertidal 
depth: intertidal and subtidal [ from the intertidal zone to a depth of 2 fathoms ]
depth: shallow subtidal 
depth: subtidal 
habitat: coral reef [ under coral and on coral-rubble ]
substrate: coral 
substrate: rocks 

References

 Cernohorsky, W. O. 1976. p.441 [ Distribution map (Pl. 390), synonymy, type information and general information. ]  General reference
 Wilson, B. 1994. p.148 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) aurora Dohrn, 1861
                                  Mitra (Nebularia) aurora floridula Sowerby, 1874

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=13098) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-08-12.