OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Mitridae 

Mitra (Nebularia) avenacea Reeve, 1845

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Mitra avenacea Reeve, 1845
   Mitra hanleyi Sowerby, 1874
   Mitra indentata Sowerby, 1874

Distribution

Madagascar to Sri Lanka to Samoa (Cernohorsky, 1976), Indo-West Pacific; Melvill Island, NT to Keppel Bay, Queensland (Wilson, 1994)

  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Madagascar
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific: Marshall Islands
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: N coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Northern Territory
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific: Samoan Islands
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Madagascar
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Eastern Indian Ocean: Sri Lanka
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Eastern Indian Ocean
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Gulf of Carp.
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Philippines
     Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. p.206 

Keywords

depth: continental shelf 
depth: intertidal 
depth: shallow subtidal 
depth: subtidal 
habitat: coral reef 
substrate: rocks 
substrate: under coral [ Rarely under coral rocks, near sand, in the intertidal region, usually sublittoral to a depth of 32 fathoms. ]

References

 Cernohorsky, W. O. 1976. p.411 General reference
 Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. p.98 General reference
 Kay, E.A. 1979. p.297 General reference
 Reeve, L.A. 1844. p.sp. 246, pl. 31, fig. 246 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) avenacea Reeve, 1845

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=13101) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-08-12.