OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Volutomitridae 

Microvoluta australis Angas, 1877

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Microvoluta australis Angas, 1877
   Voluta minima Sowerby, 1887
   Microvoluta purpureostoma Hedley & May, 1908

Distribution

Broughton Island to Lakes Entrance

  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricBass Strait
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaVictoria
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricLower E coast
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaNew South Wales
  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereAustralia (S)New South Wales
  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereAustralia (S)Victoria

Keywords

depth: continental shelf [ to 200 m ]

References

 Cernohorsky, W.O. 1970. p.119, pl. 15, figs. 1-3 [ synonymy, type information and distribution ]  General reference
 Gabriel, C.J. 1962. p.193  Synonomy
 Iredale, T. 1924. p.268 General reference
 Wilson, B. 1994. p.159, text fig. [ distribution and synonymy ]  General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Volutoidea
                        Volutomitridae Gray, 1854
                          Microvoluta Angas, 1877
                            Microvoluta australis Angas, 1877

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=13298) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2001-08-07.