OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Bursidae 

Bufonaria albivaricosa (Reeve, 1844)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Ranella albivaricosa Reeve, 1844

Common Name

The White-Varix Ranella pl. 1, fig. 2      Reeve, L.A. 1844.  

Distribution

northern Indian Ocean; Ceylon

  ABRS Regions: Australia: Northern Territory
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
  ABRS Regions: Australia: New South Wales
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Northern Territory
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Queensland
  OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): New South Wales
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Eastern Indian Ocean: India (E)
     Hylleberg, J. & Kilburn, R.N. 2002. p.33 
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Eastern Indian Ocean: Sri Lanka

Keywords

depth: subtidal [ depth of 20m ]
substrate: sandy mud bottom 

References

 Beu, A.G. 1998. p.19 Distribution
 Reeve, L.A. 1844. pl. 1, fig. 2 [ as Ranella albivaricosa; illustration, description, distribution, habitat ]  General reference
 Tantanasiriwong, R. 1978. p.12, fig. 173 [ illustration, habitat ]  General reference
 Tryon, G.W. 1881. p.38, pl. 18, figs 5, 6 [ north east Australia ]  Distribution

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Littorinimorpha
                      Tonnoidea
                        Bursidae
                          Bufonaria Schumacher, 1817
                            Bufonaria albivaricosa (Reeve, 1844)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=39188) created by Holly Barlow on 2001-03-05. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-03-17.