OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Mitridae 

Neocancilla papilio papilio (Link, 1807)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   "Mitra sphaerulata" Martyn, 1784 [non-binomial]
   Voluta leucostoma Gmelin, 1791
   Voluta papilio Link, 1807
   Mitra scabriuscula Lamarck, 1811

Distribution

Red Sea to Polynesia (Cernohorsky, 1991), Indo-West Pacific; Rowley Shoals and Scotts Reef, WA to Bunker Group, Queensland (Wilson, 1994)

  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast Africa
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-Malaysia
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-China
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificRed Sea
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian Ocean
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificOceaniaWestern Pacific
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificOceaniaPolynesiaFrench Polynesia (Polynesie Francaise)
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificOceaniaPolynesiaCook Islands
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricN coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricNE coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricGulf of Carp.
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricGreat Barrier Reef
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaQueensland
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaWestern Australia
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaNorthern Territory
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricNW coast
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian OceanEastern Indian OceanIndia (E)
     Hylleberg, J. & Kilburn, R.N. 2002. p.42 

Keywords

depth: intertidal 
depth: shallow subtidal 
depth: subtidal 
substrate: in sand [ in sand and weed ]
substrate: sand 
substrate: seaweed [ in sand and weed ]

References

 Cernohorsky, W.O. 1991. p.103 [ Distribution map (Pl. 98), synonymy, type information and general information ]  General reference
 Wilson, B. 1994. p.157 General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Volutoidea
                        Mitridae
                          Imbricariinae
                            Neocancilla Cernohorsky, 1966
                              Neocancilla papilio (Link, 1807)
                                Neocancilla papilio papilio (Link, 1807)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=47173) created by Jason D. Weintraub on 2001-06-14. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-03-26.