OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Name Trochidae 

Monodonta australis Lamarck, 1822

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Monodonta australis Lamarck, 1822

Distribution

records from Australia are most likely misidentifications of Austrocochlea adelaidae

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

References

 Dufo 1840. p.188 [ record from Sechelles and Amirantes ]  General reference
 Fischer, P. 1877. p.227, pl. 74, fig. 1, 2 [ denies Australian record ascribed by Lamarck and gives long synonymy ]  General reference
 Smith, E.A. 1891. p.420 [ records from Natal, Seychelles, Madagsacar and Gulf of Suez ]  General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Vetigastropoda
                Name Author, Year
                  Trochoidea
                    Trochidae Rafinesque, 1815
                      Trochinae Rafinesque, 1815
                        Gibbulini Stoliczka, 1868
                          Monodonta Lamarck, 1799
                            Monodonta australis Lamarck, 1822

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=38677) created by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2001-02-15. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2001-07-30.