OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Name Trochidae 

Euchelus asper (Gmelin, 1791)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

Included taxa

   Euchelus asper asper (Gmelin, 1791)
   Euchelus asper tricarinatus (Lamarck, 1822)

Distribution

  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian Ocean
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian Ocean
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaIndonesiaMoluccas

Keywords

depth: intertidal 
substrate: in sand 
substrate: under rocks 

References

 Moolenbeek, R.G. 1995. p.32, sp. 26 General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Vetigastropoda
                Name Author, Year
                  Trochoidea
                    Trochidae Rafinesque, 1815
                      Eucyclinae Koken, 1897
                        Chilodontini Wenz, 1938
                          Euchelus Philippi, 1847
                            Euchelus asper (Gmelin, 1791)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=43676) created by Shannon Reid on 2001-03-28. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2001-07-31.