OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Volutomitridae
Volutomitra alaskana Dall, 1902
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Volutomitra alaskana Dall, 1902
Distribution
OBIS Regions: Eastern Pacific: United States: California
OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Northern Hemisphere: Japan (N)
OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Northern Hemisphere: Alaska
Keywords
depth: continental rise [ to 1504 m
]
depth: continental shelf [ 73-200 m
]
depth: continental slope [ throughout range
]
substrate: mud
substrate: sand
References
Cernohorsky, W.O. 1970. p.98, pl. 13, figs. 2-5 [ synonymy, type information and distribution
] General reference
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Visceroconcha
Gastropoda
Orthogastropoda
Caenogastropoda
Sorbeoconcha
Hypsogastropoda
Neogastropoda
Volutoidea
Volutomitridae Gray, 1854
Volutomitra H. & A. Adams, 1853
Volutomitra alaskana Dall, 1902
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=39689) created by Shannon Reid on 2001-03-13. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2001-07-30.