OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Mitridae 

Imbricaria conovula (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Mitra conovula Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
   Conoelix virgo Broderip, 1836
   Mitra eburnea Philippi, 1850

Distribution

Mauritius to the Hawaiian Islands and Polynesia (Cernohorsky, 1991), Indo-West Pacific; Cartier Island, NT (Wilson, 1994)

  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast AfricaMascarene IslandsMauritius
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificOceaniaPolynesiaHawaiian Islands (Sandwich Islands)
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificOceaniaPolynesiaFrench Polynesia (Polynesie Francaise)Tuamotu Archipelago (Iles Tuamotu)
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricN coast
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaNorthern Territory
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian OceanEastern Indian OceanCocos-Keeling
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-Malaysia
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificOceania

Keywords

depth: continental shelf 
depth: intertidal 
depth: shallow subtidal 
depth: subtidal 
habitat: coral reef 
substrate: coral sand 
substrate: sand 

References

 Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. p.105 General reference
 Cernohorsky, W.O. 1991. p.137 [ Distribution map (Pl. 137), synonymy, type information and general information. ]  General reference
 Kay, E.A. 1979. p.309 General reference
 Wilson, B. 1994. p.154 General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Volutoidea
                        Mitridae
                          Imbricariinae
                            Imbricaria Schumacher, 1817
                              Imbricaria conovula (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=13213) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-02-24.