OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Nassariidae 

Nassarius (Zeuxis) protrusidens (Melvill, 1918)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Alectryon (Hima) protrusidens Melvill, 1918

Distribution

  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast Africa
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian Ocean
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-China
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian Ocean
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-Malaysia

Keywords

depth: continental shelf 
depth: continental slope [ to 280 m ]
depth: subtidal 
substrate: mud 
substrate: muddy sand 

References

 Cernohorsky, W.O. 1984. p.149, pl. 30, figs. 2-4 Contains synonymy

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Buccinoidea
                        Nassariidae Iredale, 1916
                          Nassarius Dumeril, 1806
                            Nassarius (Zeuxis) H. & A. Adams, 1853
                              Nassarius (Zeuxis) protrusidens (Melvill, 1918)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=44430) created by Shannon Reid on 2001-04-11. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2001-07-30.