OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Volutidae
Athleta (Athleta) lutosa (Koch, 1948)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Volutocorbis lutosa Koch, 1948
Volutocorbis nicklessi Rosso, 1976
Volutocorbis emmanuelae Rosso, 1985
Distribution
South western South Africa, north to Angola
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: South Africa
Keywords
depth: continental shelf [ 35-200 m
]
depth: continental shelf
habitat: mud bottom
substrate: clay
substrate: clay
substrate: mud
References
Poppe, G.T. & Goto, Y. 1992. p.88, pl. 19, figs 1-2 [ 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) lutosa (Koch, 1948)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=37481) created by Shannon Reid on 2001-02-01. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-05-08.