OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Volutomitridae 

Waimatea obscura (Hutton, 1973)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Mitra pica Reeve, 1845
   Mitra obscura Hutton, 1873
   Mitra albopicta Smith, 1898
   Mitra mortenseni Odhner, 1924

Common Name

Magpie Mitre      Cotton, B.C. 1957.  

Distribution

Western Port, Victoria to Port Arthur, Tasmania

  OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: New Zealand
  OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S)
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: S Gulfs coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait
  ABRS Regions: Australia: South Australia
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Victoria
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Tas. coast
  OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): Victoria
  OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): South Australia
  OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): Tasmania

Keywords

depth: continental shelf [ to 60 m ]
depth: intertidal 
depth: subtidal [ throughout range ]
substrate: rocks 

References

 Cernohorsky, W.O. 1970. p.127, pl. 16, figs. 11-14 [ synonymy, type information and distribution ]  General reference
 Ludbrook, N.H. 1978. p.161, pl. 22, figs. 24-25 Distribution
 Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1962. p.215, fig. 256 [ as Proximitra pica ]  General reference
 Phillips, D.A.B., Handreck, C.P., Bock, P.E., Burn, R., Smith, B.J., & Staples, D.A. 1984. p.66 General reference
 Wilson, B. 1994. p.160, text fig. [ distribution, habitat and remarks on synonymy ]  General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Volutoidea
                        Volutomitridae Gray, 1854
                          Waimatea Finlay, 1927
                            Waimatea obscura (Hutton, 1973)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=13322) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2001-08-07.