OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Volutidae 

Festilyria africana (Reeve, 1856)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Alcithoe africana auct
   Voluta africana Reeve, 1856

Distribution

  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: South Africa

Keywords

depth: continental shelf 
depth: intertidal 
depth: shallow subtidal 
depth: subtidal 

References

 Poppe, G.T. & Goto, Y. 1992. p.57, pl. 6, figs 3-4, pl. 7, figs 5-6 [ synonymy, distribution, habitat, description and remarks ]  General reference
 Weaver, C.S. & du Pont, J.E. 1970. p.57, pl. 21A-D [ synonymy, type information, distribution, habitat, description, animal and radula (fig. 11a) and remarks ]  General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Volutoidea
                        Volutidae Rafinesque, 1815
                          Volutinae Swainson, 1840
                            Festilyria Pilsbry & Olsson, 1954
                              Festilyria africana (Reeve, 1856)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=36984) created by Shannon Reid on 2001-01-29. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-05-12.