OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Gastropoda Name Pleurotomariidae
Bayerotrochus africanus (Tomlin, 1948)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Perotrochus africanus
Pleurotomaria africana Tomlin, 1948
Pleurotomaria (Perotrochus) africana (Tomlin, 1948)
Bayerotrochus africanus (Tomlin, 1948)
Distribution
Indoan Ocean coast of South Africa off Durban; Madagascar and NE to Andaman & Nicobar Islands. (Anseeuw1996).
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: South Africa
Anseeuw, P. & Goto, Y. 1996. p. 44
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Madagascar
Anseeuw, P. & Goto, Y. 1996. p. 45
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Eastern Indian Ocean: Andaman Sea
Anseeuw, P. & Goto, Y. 1996. p. 45
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China: Vietnam
Hylleberg, J & Kilburn, R. N. 2003. p.20
Keywords
depth: continental shelf [ from 145 metres; at about 160 metres in Andaman Sea
]
depth: continental slope [ to 369 metres; at about 300 metres off African coast
]
References
Anseeuw, P. & Goto, Y. 1996. p.44-49 General reference
Azuma, M. 1964. Radula
Hylleberg, J & Kilburn, R. N. 2003. p.20 General reference
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Visceroconcha
Gastropoda
Orthogastropoda
Vetigastropoda
Name Author, Year
Pleurotomarioidea
Pleurotomariidae
Bayerotrochus Harasewych, 2002
Bayerotrochus africanus (Tomlin, 1948)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=34267) created by Mark Kitson on 2000-11-30. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2004-05-09.