OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

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Gastropoda Acmaeoidea Lottiidae 

Lottia onychitis (Menke, 1843)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Patella onychitis Menke, 1843

Distribution

from Ceduna, SA to Quobba, WA {Ponder1980A}

  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricGreat Australian Bight
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricCentral W coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricLower W coast
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaWestern Australia
  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereAustralia (S)South Australia
  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereAustralia (S)Western Australia
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricS Gulfs coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricGreat Australian Bight
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricSW coast
  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereAustralia (S)Western Australia
  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereAustralia (S)South Australia

Keywords

depth: intertidal [ mid to high ]
exposure: exposed 
habitat: rocky shore 

References

 Christiaens, J. 1975. p.101 [as Collisella (Collisella) onychitis]  New combination
 Macpherson, J.H. 1955. p.251 [figs in text, pl. 17, figs 1, 2, as Notoacmea onychitis]  New combination
 Ponder, W.F. & Creese, R.A. 1980. p.177 [pl. 10, figs 5-7 - SEM of radulae]  General reference
 Wilson, B. 1993. p.32 General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Eogastropoda
              Patellogastropoda
                Nacellina
                  Acmaeoidea
                    Lottiidae
                      Lottinae
                        Lottia Sowerby, 1834
                          Lottia onychitis (Menke, 1843)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=14917) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-09-12.