OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Fasciolariidae 

Fusinus (Fusinus) australis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Fusus australis Quoy & Gaimard, 1833

Common Name

Southern Spindle p.144, pl.145      Wilson, B 2002.  
Australian Spindle p.159, pl.23, f.6      Allan, J. 1950.  

Distribution

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

Keywords

feeds on: plants [ macrophytes ]
habitat: sea grass bed 

References

 Cotton, B. C. 1959. p.384 Secondary source
 Wilson, B. 1994. p.68 General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Buccinoidea
                        Fasciolariidae
                          Fusinus Rafinesque, 1815
                            Fusinus (Fusinus) Rafinesque, 1815
                              Fusinus (Fusinus) australis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=15428) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by dsherman on 2004-03-31.