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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Bursidae 

Bursa rhodostoma (Beck in G.B. Sowerby II, 1835)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Lampadopsis rhodostoma auct
   Ranella rhodostoma Beck in G. B. Sowerby II, 1835
   Bursa rhodostoma (Beck in G. B. Sowerby II, 1835)
   Ranella paulucciana Tapparone-Canefri, 1876
   Ranella xantostoma Tapparone-Canefri, 1878
   Ranella bergeri G.B. Sowerby II in Tapparone-Canefri, 1881

Common Name

The rose-mouth Ranella p.species 32      Reeve, L.A. 1844.  
Wine-mouth frog shell p.128      Abbott, R. T. & Dance, S. P. 1982.  

Distribution

throughout the Indo-West Province; from Madagascar and East Africa to the northern Indian Ocean and throughout the Red Sea, in the western Pacific from southern Honshu Japan, southwards to Sydney Harbour, Australia and eastwards through Melanesia and Polynesia to Hawaii

  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea
     Dekker, H. & Orlin, Z. 2000. p.23 
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China: Japan
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Polynesia: Hawaiian Islands (Sandwich Islands)
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Polynesia
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N)
  OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): New South Wales
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N)
     Wilson, B. 1993. p.227 
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
     Wilson, B. 1993.  
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Northern Territory
     Wilson, B. 1993.  
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
     Wilson, B. 1993.  
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Gulf of Carp.
     Wilson, B. 1993.  
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast
     Wilson, B. 1993.  
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: N coast
     Wilson, B. 1993.  
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
     Wilson, B. 1993.  
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NW coast
     Wilson, B. 1993.  
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef
     Wilson, B. 1993.  
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Philippines: Samar
     Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. p.124 
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Philippines
     Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. p.124 

Keywords

depth: continental shelf [ depth 0-15 fathoms {Cernohorsky, 1967}; 13-160m {Kay, 1979} ]
depth: shallow subtidal [ at low tide mark to shallow waters ]
feeds on: animals [ feeds on polychaete worms & sipunculids {Houbrick & Fretter, 1969} ]
habitat: coral reef [ on broken coral substrate ]
habitat: on rocks 
habitat: on sand 

References

 Abbott, R. T. & Dance, S. P. 1982. p.128, text fig. [ illustration, description, habitat, distribution ]  General reference
 Beu, A.G. 1998. p.163, figs 47g, 52h, k , 58e [ synonymy, type data, distribution, dimensions, remarks ]  General reference
 Cernohorsky, W.O. 1967. p.314, pl. 43, fig. 9, text fig. 5 [ illustration, description, habitat, distribution, discussion ]  General reference
 Habe, T. 1964. p.75, pl. 24, fig. 1 [ as Lampasopsis rhodostoma; illustration, description, habitat, distribution ]  General reference
 Kay, E.A. 1979. p.229, fig. 80c, d [ illustration, description, habitat, distribution ]  General reference
 Reeve, L.A. 1844. pl. 7, fig. 32 [ as Ranella rhodostoma; illustration, description, habitat, distribution ]  General reference
 Salvat, B. & Rives, C. 1975. p.307, fig. 181 [ illustration, description, habitat, distribution ]  General reference
 Schepman, M.M. 1909. p.118 [ description, distribution, localities ]  General reference
 Sowerby, G.B. (2nd) 1841. p.51 [ as Ranella rhodostoma; description, habitat ]  General reference
 Wilson, B. 1993. p.227 Distribution

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Littorinimorpha
                      Tonnoidea
                        Bursidae
                          Bursa Röding, 1798
                            Bursa rhodostoma (Beck in G.B. Sowerby II, 1835)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=37040) created by Holly Barlow on 2001-01-29. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-08-03.