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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Xenophoridae 

Xenophora (Austrophora) flindersi flindersi (Cotton & Godfrey, 1938)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Onustus peronianus auct
   Xenophora tatei auct
   Onustus flindersi Cotton and Godfrey, 1938

Distribution

King George Sound, south Western Australia to Port Lincoln, western South Australia

  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricSW coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricGreat Australian Bight
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricS Gulfs coast
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaWestern Australia
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaSouth Australia
  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereAustralia (S)South Australia
  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereAustralia (S)Western Australia

Keywords

depth: continental shelf [ 20-40 m ]
larvae/young: direct development [ its protoconch indicates a short pelagic stage or direct development {WILSON1993A} ]

References

 Kreipl, K. & A. Alf 1999. p.57, pl. 18, figs. 16-16b [ type information, distribution, description, remarks and synonymy. ]  General reference
 Ponder, W.F. 1983. p.26, figs. 6d-e, 7b, 13c, 14a, 17k-m, 22g-h, 34 [ synonymy, description, type information, distribution and remarks. ]  General reference
 Wilson, B. 1993. p.166, 168, pl. 23, fig. 5 [ description, distribution and synonymy. ]  General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Littorinimorpha
                      Xenophoroidea
                        Xenophoridae Troschel, 1852
                          Xenophora Fischer von Waldheim, 1807
                            Xenophora (Austrophora) Kreipl, Alf & Kronenberg, 1999
                              Xenophora (Austrophora) flindersi (Cotton and Godfrey, 1938)
                                Xenophora (Austrophora) flindersi flindersi (Cotton & Godfrey, 1938)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=38613) created by Holly Barlow on 2001-02-12. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2001-08-07.