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 Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: S Gulfs coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Australian Bight
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Lower W coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Central W 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): Western Australia
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: SW coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Lower W coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: South Australia
ABRS Regions: Australia: Victoria
ABRS Regions: Australia: Western 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.