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Gastropoda Name Trochidae 

Euchelus asper asper (Gmelin, 1791)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Trochus asper Gmelin, 1791
   Euchelus indicus A. Adams, 1855
   Euchelus principalis Pilsbry, 1889

Distribution

  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian OceanEastern Indian OceanSri Lanka
  PRELOVED RegionsIndia
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaIndonesiaMoluccas
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian OceanIndo-ArabiaPakistanPakistan
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian OceanEastern Indian OceanThailand (W)
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian OceanIndo-ArabiaOman
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian OceanEastern Indian OceanIndia (E)
     Hylleberg, J. & Kilburn, R.N. 2002. p.22 

Keywords

depth: shallow subtidal 
substrate: sand 

References

 Bosch, D. & Bosch, E. 1982. p.35 General reference
 Melvill, J.C. & Standen, R. 1901. p.350 [ record from Karachi ]  Distribution
 Rajagopal, A.S. & Mookherjee, H.P. 1978. p.16 [ synonymy and distribution ]  General reference
 Satyamurti, S.T. 1952. p.39 [ synonymy and distribution ]  General reference
 Tantanasiriwong, R. 1978. p.5, fig. 20 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)
                              Euchelus asper asper (Gmelin, 1791)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=43680) created by Shannon Reid on 2001-03-28. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-03-16.