OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Volutidae 

Fusivoluta decussata Barnard, 1959

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Fusivoluta decussata Barnard, 1959

Distribution

About 30 km off the mouth of the Buffalo River, East London, South Africa {POPPE1992A}

  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast AfricaSouth Africa

Keywords

depth: continental slope [ dredged at 560 m {POPPE1992A} ]
depth: continental slope 

References

 Poppe, G.T. & Goto, Y. 1992. p.128, pl. 43, figs. 3-4 [ synonymy, distribution, habitat, description and remarks ]  General reference
 Weaver, C.S. & du Pont, J.E. 1970. p.184, pl. 79A-B [ synonymy, type information, distribution, habitat, description and remarks ]  General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Volutoidea
                        Volutidae Rafinesque, 1815
                          Volutinae Swainson, 1840
                            Fusivoluta von Martens, 1902
                              Fusivoluta decussata Barnard, 1959

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=37872) created by Shannon Reid on 2001-02-04. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-05-12.