OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Xenophoridae 

Xenophora (Xenophora) tenuis Fulton, 1938

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Xenophora tenuis Fulton, 1938

Common Name

Usu-kumasaka G1144 [Higo et al, 1999, species number: G1144]       Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. 1999.  

Distribution

one record from western Indian Ocean (Saya de Malha Bank, Mascarene Plateau)

  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-ChinaEast China Sea?
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-ChinaJapan

Keywords

depth: continental shelf [ 30-185 m ]

References

 Kreipl, K. & A. Alf 1999. p.55, pl. 17, figs. 15-15b [ type information, distribution, description, remarks and synonymy ]  General reference
 Ponder, W.F. 1983. p.36, figs. 21a-c, 34 [ synonymy, description, type information, distribution and remarks ]  General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Littorinimorpha
                      Xenophoroidea
                        Xenophoridae Troschel, 1852
                          Xenophora Fischer von Waldheim, 1807
                            Xenophora (Xenophora) Fischer von Waldheim, 1807
                              Xenophora (Xenophora) tenuis Fulton, 1938

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=38822) created by Shannon Reid on 2001-02-20. Record last updated by Paul J. Morris on 2004-02-25.