OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Mitridae 

Imbricaria bicolor (Swainson, 1824)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Mitra bicolor Swainson, 1824
   Voluta filum Wood, 1828

Distribution

East Africa to Mauritius and the Chagos Archipelago

  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast AfricaMascarene IslandsMauritius
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast AfricaTanzania
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast AfricaComoro Islands (Comoros)
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast AfricaSeychelles
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast AfricaMozambique
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast AfricaKenya
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast AfricaMadagascar

Keywords

depth: intertidal 
depth: intertidal and subtidal [ from the intertidal zone to a depth of 20 m. ]
depth: shallow subtidal 
depth: subtidal 
habitat: coral reef 
substrate: sand [ ]

References

 Cernohorsky, W.O. 1991. p.140 [ distribution, synonymy, type information and general information. ]  General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Volutoidea
                        Mitridae
                          Imbricariinae
                            Imbricaria Schumacher, 1817
                              Imbricaria bicolor (Swainson, 1824)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=46118) created by Jason D. Weintraub on 2001-05-07. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-02-24.