OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Opisthobranchia Aplysiidae 

Petalifera petalifera (Rang, 1828)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Unknown petalifera Rang, 1828
   Petalifera petalifera (Rang, 1828)

Distribution

from the Mediterranean, West Indies, Aden, Ceylon, Siam, the Malayan Archipielago, South Seas

  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-ChinaJapan
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificOceaniaWestern PacificNew Caledonia
  Hawaiian Islands
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificRed Sea
     Dekker, H. & Orlin, Z. 2000. p.35 
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian OceanIndo-ArabiaAden
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian OceanEastern Indian OceanSri Lanka
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-Malaysia
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian OceanEastern Indian OceanThailand (W)
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-ChinaThailand (E)

References

 Kay, E.A 1964. p.185 [Description, habitat, distribution]  General
 Rudman, W.B. 1971. p.185 pl. 8, fig. 2 [description, distribution]  General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Heterobranchia
                Unplaced
                  Opisthobranchia
                    Aplysiidae Lamarck, 1809
                      Petalifera Gray, 1847
                        Petalifera petalifera (Rang, 1828)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=40539) created by Opistobranch Import on 2001-03-28. Record last updated by benamy on 2002-11-05.