OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Personidae 

Distorsomina pusilla (Pease, 1861)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Distorsio cancellinus auct.
   Distorsio pusilla Pease, 1861
   Distortrix pusilla (Pease, 1861)
   Distorsio (?Personella) pusilla (Pease, 1861)
   Personella pusilla (Pease, 1861)
   ?Personopsis pusilla (Pease, 1861)
   Personopsis pusilla (Pease, 1861)
   Distorsomina pusilla (Pease, 1861)

Distribution

Kronenberg, 1994 (Krone1994x07): "...from Hawaii,...widely scattered in the western Pacific... from southern Japan (Amami Islands) to New Caledonia...recorded here for the first time from the Indian Ocean (Bay of Jakarta, Indonesia)."

  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Gulf of Carp.
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Polynesia: Hawaiian Islands (Sandwich Islands)
     Kronenberg, G. & Berkhout, J. 1994. p. 98 
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China: Japan: Ryukyu Islands (Loo-Chu Islands, Nansi-Shoto): Amami-shoto
     Kronenberg, G. & Berkhout, J. 1994. p. 98 
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific: New Caledonia
     Kronenberg, G. & Berkhout, J. 1994. p. 98 
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Eastern Indian Ocean: Indonesia (W)
     Kronenberg, G. & Berkhout, J. 1994. p. 98 
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Philippines
     Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. p.334 

Keywords

depth: continental shelf 
depth: subtidal 
substrate: coral 
substrate: rocks 

References

 Beu, A.G. 1998. p.201, figs 65a-k, 66a-h [ illustration, synonymy, type data, distribution, description, remarks ]  General reference
 Henning, T. & Hemmen, J. 1993. p.150 Biology and ecology

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Littorinimorpha
                      Tonnoidea
                        Personidae
                          Distorsomina Beu, 1998
                            Distorsomina pusilla (Pease, 1861)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=48562) created by Holly Barlow on 2001-07-30. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-08-25.