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Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Muricidae 

Siphonochelus (Siphonochelus) virginiae (Houart, 1986)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Typhis (Typhina) virginiae Houart, 1986
   Siphonochelus virginiae (Houart, 1986)

Distribution

  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificOceaniaWestern PacificNew Caledonia
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificOceaniaWestern PacificNew Caledonia

Keywords

depth: continental slope [ 425-430 m ]      Houart, R. 1991.  
depth: mesopelagic       Houart, R. 1991.  
salinity: marine       Houart, R. 1991.  

References

 Houart, R. 1991. p.227, figs. 12, 41, 62 Contains synonymy
 Houart, R. 2002. p.150 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) virginiae (Houart, 1986)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=48432) created by Shannon Reid on 2001-07-27. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2004-01-16.