OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Nassariidae 

Demoulia ventricosa ventricosa (Lamarck, 1816)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Nassa ventricosa Lamarck, 1816
   Buccinum retusum Lamarck, 1822
   Cassis globulus Menke, 1829
   Nassa obtusa Marrat, 1880

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.209, pl. 46, figs. 6-8 Contains synonymy

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Buccinoidea
                        Nassariidae Iredale, 1916
                          Demoulia Gray, 1838
                            Demoulia ventricosa (Lamarck, 1816)
                              Demoulia ventricosa ventricosa (Lamarck, 1816)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=44296) created by Shannon Reid on 2001-04-10. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-08-29.