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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Mitridae 

Mitra (Nebularia) sowerbyi melvilli Sowerby, 1882

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Mitra melvilli Sowerby, 1882
   UnknownMitra (Nebularia) sowerbyi kingae Cernohorsky, 1972
   Scabricola (Scabricola) backae Cernohorsky, 1973

Distribution

From Indonesia to Western Australia and the Solomon Islands (Cernohorsky, 1991), Flinders Bay, WA and Arafura Sea to eastern Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands (Wilson, 1994)

  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: N coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NW coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Western Australia
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Arafura Sea
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Papua New Guinea
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific: Solomon Islands
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Indonesia
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia: SW coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Central W coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NW coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: N coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Northern Territory
  OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): Western Australia
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Northern Territory

Keywords

depth: continental shelf [ to 50 m ]
depth: shallow subtidal 
depth: subtidal [ 3-27 m. ]
depth: subtidal 
substrate: sand 

References

 Cernohorsky, W. O. 1976. p.420 [ as Mitra sowerbyi kingae ]  General reference
 Cernohorsky, W.O. 1991. p.14 [ Distribution map (Pl. 10), synonymy, type information and general information. ]  General reference
 Wilson, B. 1994. p.150 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) sowerbyi Orbigny, 1852
                                  Mitra (Nebularia) sowerbyi melvilli Sowerby, 1882

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=13142) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-03-06.