OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Gastropoda Name Pleurotomariidae
Perotrochus caledonicus Bouchet & Metivier, 1982
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Pleurotomaria caledonica
Perotrochus caledonicus Bouchet & Metivier, 1982
Distribution
originally confined to New Caledonia, Chesterfield Islands in north, to Norfolk Ridge in south; but recently from Biak in New Guinea, South China Sea, and northwestern Australia. (Anseeuw1996)
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific: New Caledonia
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Papua New Guinea?
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Western Australia?
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China: South China Sea?
Keywords
depth: continental slope [ 250 to more than 500 metres
]
References
Anseeuw, P. & Goto, Y. 1996. p.72-77 General reference
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Visceroconcha
Gastropoda
Orthogastropoda
Vetigastropoda
Name Author, Year
Pleurotomarioidea
Pleurotomariidae
Perotrochus Fischer, 1885
Perotrochus caledonicus Bouchet & Metivier, 1982
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=33977) created by Mark Kitson on 2000-11-28. Record last updated by benamy on 2002-05-22.