OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Volutidae
Fusivoluta blaizei (Barnard, 1959)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Fulgoraria blaizei Barnard, 1959
Distribution
About 150 km off Cape St. Blaize, near the Cape of Good Hope {POPPE1992A}
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: South Africa
OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: South Africa (Cape marine Province)
Keywords
depth: continental shelf [ from 190 m
]
depth: continental shelf
depth: continental slope [ to 225 m
]
habitat: mud bottom
substrate: mud
References
Poppe, G.T. & Goto, Y. 1992. p.127, pl. 42, figs. 7-8 [ synonymy, distribution, habitat, description and remarks
] General reference
Weaver, C.S. & du Pont, J.E. 1970. p.183, pl. 78A-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 blaizei (Barnard, 1959)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=38078) created by Shannon Reid on 2001-02-05. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-05-12.