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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Mitridae 

Pterygia arctata (Sowerby, 1874)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Mitra arctata Sowerby, 1874

Distribution

Philippines to the Tuamotu Archipelago

  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Philippines: Cebu
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific: Solomon Islands
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific: Vanuatu
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Polynesia: French Polynesia (Polynesie Francaise): Society Islands (Iles de la Societe): Tahiti
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Polynesia: French Polynesia (Polynesie Francaise): Tuamotu Archipelago (Iles Tuamotu)
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific: Caroline Islands
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Polynesia: French Polynesia (Polynesie Francaise): Tuamotu Archipelago (Iles Tuamotu)
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Polynesia: French Polynesia (Polynesie Francaise): Society Islands (Iles de la Societe)
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia?
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NW coast?
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Western Australia?
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Philippines
     Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. p.200 

Keywords

depth: intertidal [ ]
depth: shallow subtidal 
depth: subtidal 
substrate: in sand 
substrate: sand 

References

 Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. p.106 General reference
 Cernohorsky, W.O. 1991. p.151 General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Volutoidea
                        Mitridae
                          Cylindromitrinae
                            Pterygia Röding, 1798
                              Pterygia arctata (Sowerby, 1874)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=46120) created by Jason D. Weintraub on 2001-05-07. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-08-12.