OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Volutidae 

Cymbiola pulchra houarti Poppe, 1985

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Cymbiolacca pulchra from houarti Poppe, 1985

Common Name

C. occellata p.173      Poppe, G.T. & Goto, Y. 1992.  

Distribution

South of Swain Reefs northwards to halfmoon Reef, from Capricorn channel, bordered on the southwest by the islands of the Capricorn Group to Boult Reef

  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Queensland
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef

Keywords

depth: continental shelf [ 30-170 m {POPPE1992A}. 150-200 m {Bail&Limpus1998} ]
habitat: coral reef 

References

 Bail, P. & Limpus, A. 1998. p.9 [ synonymy, distribution, description and notes ]  General reference
 Poppe, G.T. & Goto, Y. 1992. p.173, pl. 76, fig. 7, pl. 78, figs. 1-2 [ as Cymbiola (Cymbiolacca) pulchra form houarti, synonymy, distribution, habitat, description and remarks ]  General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Volutoidea
                        Volutidae Rafinesque, 1815
                          Cymbiolinae Bondarev, 1995
                            Cymbiola Swainson, 1831
                              Cymbiola pulchra (Sowerby, 1825)
                                Cymbiola pulchra houarti Poppe, 1985

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=38775) created by Shannon Reid on 2001-02-19. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-05-11.