OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Name Trochidae 

Rubritrochus pulcherrima (A. Adams, 1855)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Gibbula pulcherrima A. Adams, 1855
   Trochus fanuloides Fischer, 1874

Distribution

  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian Ocean
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian Ocean
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-China
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast Africa
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian OceanEastern Indian OceanIndia (E)
     Hylleberg, J. & Kilburn, R.N. 2002. p.23 

Keywords

depth: continental shelf [ 20-26 m ]
substrate: sand [ ]
substrate: shell 

References

 Beck, L.A. 1995. p.69 [ synonymy, distribution and ecology ]  General reference
 Smith, E.A. 1903. p.618 General reference
 Tantanasiriwong, R. 1978. p.5, fig. 27 General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Vetigastropoda
                Name Author, Year
                  Trochoidea
                    Trochidae Rafinesque, 1815
                      Trochinae Rafinesque, 1815
                        Gibbulini Stoliczka, 1868
                          Rubritrochus Beck, 1995
                            Rubritrochus pulcherrima (A. Adams, 1855)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=43861) created by Shannon Reid on 2001-04-02. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-05-30.