OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Xenophoridae 

Stellaria testigera Von Martens, 1878

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

Included taxa

   Stellaria testigera profunda Ponder, 1983

Distribution

digitata: Cape Verde Islands and West Africa (Senegal to Namibia); profunda: Gulf of Aden and northernmost East Africa

  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Djibouti
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Somalia

Keywords

depth: continental slope 

References

 Kreipl, K. & A. Alf 1999. p.69 [ comparison of the two Recent subspecies- digitata Martens, 1878 and profunda Ponder, 1983. ]  General reference
 Ponder, W.F. 1983. p.54 [ comparison of the two Recent subspecies- digitata Martens, 1878 and profunda Ponder, 1983. ]  General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Littorinimorpha
                      Xenophoroidea
                        Xenophoridae Troschel, 1852
                          Stellaria (Schmidt MS) Möller, 1832
                            Stellaria testigera Von Martens, 1878

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=38917) created by Shannon Reid on 2001-02-23. Record last updated by Sarah Watson on 2001-04-23.