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