OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Conidae 

Tropidoturris fossata (Sowerby, 1903)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Pleurotoma fossata Sowerby, 1903

Included taxa

   Tropidoturris fossata fossata (Sowerby, 1903)
   Tropidoturris fossata notialis Kilburn, 1986

Distribution

Kilburn, 1986 (Kilbu1995x3): "Zululand" (pertaining to T. fossata fossata ) and "Durban to Eastern Cape" (pertaining to T. fossata notialis ).

  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast AfricaSouth Africa
     Kilburn, R.N. 1986. p. 647 

Keywords

depth: continental shelf [
80-100 fathoms. ]      Kilburn, R.N. 1986. p. 647 
substrate: rocks       Kilburn, R.N. 1986. p. 647 

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Conoidea
                        Conidae Rafinesque, 1815
                          Clathurellinae H. & A. Adams, 1858
                            Tropidoturris Kilburn, 1986
                              Tropidoturris fossata (Sowerby, 1903)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=53277) created by benamy on 2001-10-05. Record last updated by benamy on 2001-10-05.