OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Mitridae 

Cancilla aegra (Reeve, 1845)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Mitra aegra Reeve, 1845

Distribution

From E. Africa to N. Australia, Taiwan and Japan (Cernohorsky, 1991), Central Indo-West Pacific; continental shelf off NT and Green Island, Queensland (Wilson, 1994)

  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast Africa
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-ChinaTaiwan
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-ChinaJapan
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricNE coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricN coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricGreat Barrier Reef
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricGulf of Carp.
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaQueensland
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaNorthern Territory
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-China
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-Malaysia
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast Africa
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian OceanEastern Indian Ocean
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian OceanIndo-ArabiaChagos Archipelago
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaPhilippines
     Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. p.204 

Keywords

depth: continental shelf 
depth: continental slope 

References

 Cernohorsky, W.O. 1991. p.30 [ Distribution map (Pl. 23), synonymy and type information ]  General reference
 Wilson, B. 1994. p.156 General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Volutoidea
                        Mitridae
                          Imbricariinae
                            Cancilla Swainson, 1840
                              Cancilla aegra (Reeve, 1845)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=13249) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-08-12.