OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Volutidae 

Athleta (Athleta) boswellae (Rehder, 1969)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Volutocorbis boswellae Rehder, 1969
   Volutocorbis disparilis Rehder, 1969
   Volutocorbis magister Kilburn, 1980

Distribution

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

Keywords

depth: continental shelf 
habitat: mud bottom [ especially in the waters around Agulhas Bay {POPPE1992A} ]

References

 Bail, P. 1999. p.16 [ disparilis Rehder, 1969 as a separate species ]  Alternate taxonomic arrangement
 Poppe, G.T. & Goto, Y. 1992. p.85, pl. 20, figs 1, 5 [ synonymy, distribution, description and illustrations ]  General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Volutoidea
                        Volutidae Rafinesque, 1815
                          Athletinae Pilsbry & Olsson, 1954
                            Athleta Conrad, 1853
                              Athleta (Athleta) Conrad, 1853
                                Athleta (Athleta) boswellae (Rehder, 1969)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=37471) created by Shannon Reid on 2001-02-01. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2001-05-16.