OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Volutidae 

Athleta (Athleta) semirugata (Rehder & Weaver, 1974)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Volutocorbis semirugata Rehder & Weaver, 1974

Distribution

from off central Natal, South Africa, between Durban and the mouth of the Tugela River, to off Laurenco Marques, Mozambique

  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast AfricaMozambique
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast AfricaSouth Africa

Keywords

depth: continental shelf [ from 180 m ]
depth: continental shelf 
depth: continental slope [ to 430 m ]
habitat: mud bottom [ collected on Xenophora pallidula (Reeve, 1842) ]
substrate: mud [
and gravel bottoms ]

References

 Poppe, G.T. & Goto, Y. 1992. p.90, pl. 20, 8-10 [ 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) semirugata (Rehder & Weaver, 1974)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=37487) created by Shannon Reid on 2001-02-01. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-05-08.