OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Mitridae 

Mitra (Nebularia) turgida Reeve, 1845

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Mitra turgida Reeve, 1845
   Mitra ericea Pease, 1860

Distribution

Gulf of Aden to Hawaiian Islands, and Polynesia (Cernohorsky, 1976), Indo-West Pacific; Queensland south to the Swain Reefs (Wilson, 1994)

  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Gulf of Aden
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Mascarene Islands: Mauritius
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China: Japan: Ryukyu Islands (Loo-Chu Islands, Nansi-Shoto): Osumi-shoto
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Polynesia: Hawaiian Islands (Sandwich Islands)
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Polynesia: French Polynesia (Polynesie Francaise): Tuamotu Archipelago (Iles Tuamotu)
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa

Keywords

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

References

 Cernohorsky, W. O. 1976. p.409 General reference
 Kay, E.A. 1979. p.302 General reference
 Subba Rao, N.V. & Dey, A. 1984. p.21 General reference
 Wilson, B. 1994. p.151 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) turgida Reeve, 1845

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=13158) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-03-07.