OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Nassariidae 

Demoulia abbreviata (Gmelin, 1791)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Buccinum abbreviatum Gmelin, 1791
   Cassis glans Röding, 1798
   Buccinum cassideum Sowerby, 1825
   Nassa globosa Sowerby, 1828

Distribution

  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast AfricaSouth Africa
  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereSouth Africa (Cape marine Province)

Keywords

depth: continental shelf [ to 100 m ]
depth: continental shelf 
depth: continental shelf       Cernohorsky, W. O. 1984.  
depth: subtidal       Cernohorsky, W. O. 1984.  

References

 Cernohorsky, W.O. 1984. p.208, pl. 46, figs. 4-5 [ ]  Synonomy

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Buccinoidea
                        Nassariidae Iredale, 1916
                          Demoulia Gray, 1838
                            Demoulia abbreviata (Gmelin, 1791)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=44287) created by Shannon Reid on 2001-04-10. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-08-29.