OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Opisthobranchia Hexabranchidae 

Hexabranchus marginatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Doris marginata Quoy & Gaimard
   Hexabranchus marginatus Bergh

Distribution

East Africa, Mozambique, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, Maldive Islands, Ceylon, Formosa, Vietnam, Indonesia, New Caledonia, Caroline and Marshall Islands, Tubuai Islands, Hawaiian Islands, Solomon Islands and Fiji

  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-ChinaJapan
  Hawaiian Islands

References

 Baba, K. 1936. p.23 pl. 1, fig. 1; text fig. 12 [synonymy, distribution, description]  General reference
 Edmunds, M. 1971. p.340 [description, distribution, taxonomy]  General reference
 Young, D.K. 1969. p.421 [The functional morphology of the buccal apparatus of 4 feeding types is discussed]  Anatomy

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Heterobranchia
                Unplaced
                  Opisthobranchia
                    Hexabranchidae Bergh, 1891
                      Hexabranchus Ehrenbergh, 1831
                        Hexabranchus marginatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=43448) created by Opistobranch Import on 2001-03-28. Record last updated by Julia Fabrega on 2002-09-03.