OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Volutidae 

Cymbiola pulchra pulchra (Sowerby I, 1825)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Voluta pulchra Sowerby, 1825

Distribution

Common in Keppel Bay and Curtis Channel

  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaAustralia (N)Queensland
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaQueensland
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricGreat Barrier Reef

Keywords

depth: continental shelf [ to 54 m ]
depth: intertidal 
depth: shallow subtidal 
depth: subtidal 
substrate: sand [ ]

References

 Bail, P. & Limpus, A. 1998. p.6 [ distribution and description ]  General reference
 Poppe, G.T. & Goto, Y. 1992. p.170, pl. 76, figs. 1-2, 5-6, pl. 79, figs. 1-3 [ 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 pulchra (Sowerby I, 1825)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=38776) created by Shannon Reid on 2001-02-19. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-05-11.