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Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Mitridae 

Mitra (Nebularia) vultuosa Reeve, 1845

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Mitra vultuosa Reeve, 1845
   Mitra laeta Adams, 1853

Distribution

Philippines, Melanesia and Micronesia

  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaPhilippines
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificOceaniaWestern Pacific
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificOceaniaWestern PacificCaroline Islands
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificOceaniaWestern PacificNew CaledoniaLoyalty Islands (Iles Loyaute)
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificOceaniaWestern PacificCaroline Islands

Keywords

depth: intertidal 
depth: intertidal and subtidal [ from the intertidal zone to a depth of 5 fathoms ]
depth: shallow subtidal 
depth: subtidal 
habit: nestling 
habitat: coral reef [ under stones and in crevices of coral ]
substrate: under stones [ under stones and in crevices of coral ]

References

 Cernohorsky, W. O. 1976. p.442 [ distribution, synonymy, type information and general information. ]  General reference
 Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. p.99 General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Volutoidea
                        Mitridae
                          Mitrinae
                            Mitra Lamarck, 1798
                              Mitra (Nebularia) Swainson, 1840
                                Mitra (Nebularia) vultuosa Reeve, 1845

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=45510) created by Jason D. Weintraub on 2001-05-01. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-03-07.