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Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Siphonochelus (Siphonochelus) japonicus (A. Adams, 1863)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Typhis japonica A. Adams, 1863

Distribution

  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaIndonesia
     Houart, R. 1997. p.291 
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-ChinaJapan
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaAustralia (N)Queensland
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricNE coast
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaQueensland

Keywords

depth: continental slope [ 206-425 m, alive and empty shells ]      Houart, R. 1997. p.291 
depth: mesopelagic       Houart, R. 1997. p.291 
salinity: marine       Houart, R. 1997.  

References

 Houart, R. 1997. p.291 Distribution
 Radwin, G.E. & D'Attilio, A. 1976. p.198, pl. 32, fig. 1 General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Muricoidea
                        Muricidae Fleming, 1828
                          Typhinae Cossmann, 1903
                            Siphonochelus Jousseaume, 1880
                              Siphonochelus (Siphonochelus) Jousseaume, 1880
                                Siphonochelus (Siphonochelus) japonicus (A. Adams, 1863)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=48425) created by Shannon Reid on 2001-07-27. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2004-05-11.