OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Mitridae 

Domiporta filaris (Linnaeus, 1771)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Voluta filaris Linnaeus, 1771
   Domiporta filaris (Linnaeus, 1771)
   Voluta filosa Born, 1778
   Mitra nexilis Lamarck, 1811
   Mitra filosa bernardiana Philippi, 1850
   Mitra filosa borni Philippi, 1850

Distribution

Red Sea to Polynesia and the Hawaiian Islands (Cernohorsky, 1991), Indo-West Pacific; Rowley Shoals and Scott Reef, WA to southern Queensland (Wilson, 1994)

  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Polynesia
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Polynesia: Hawaiian Islands (Sandwich Islands)
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China: South China Sea
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China: Vietnam
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: N coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NW coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Gulf of Carp.
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Northern Territory
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Philippines
     Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. p.204 

Keywords

depth: continental shelf 
depth: intertidal 
depth: intertidal and subtidal [ from the intertidal zone to a depth of 90 m. ]
depth: shallow subtidal 
depth: subtidal 
habitat: coral reef 
substrate: coral sand [ in coral sand and among weed ]
substrate: sand 
substrate: seaweed [ in coral sand and among weed ]

References

 Cernohorsky, W.O. 1991. p.89 [ Distribution map (Pl. 82), 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
                            Domiporta Cernohorsky, 1970
                              Domiporta filaris (Linnaeus, 1771)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=13257) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-08-12.