OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Name Pleurotomariidae 

Pleurotomariidae

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

Included taxa

   Entemnotrochus Fischer, 1885
   Perotrochus Fischer, 1885
   Mikadotrochus Lindholm, 1927
   Bayerotrochus Harasewych, 2002

Distribution

Worldwide distribution

  OBIS RegionsEastern Pacific
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West Pacific

Keywords

depth: continental shelf 
depth: continental slope 
feeds on: animals [ sponges ]

References

 Anseeuw, P. & Goto, Y. 1996.  General reference
 Harasewych, M.G., Adamkewicz, S.L., Blake, J.A., Saudek, D., Spriggs, T. & Bult, C.J. 1997.  Phylogeny
 Hickman, C.S. 1998.  General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Vetigastropoda
                Name Author, Year
                  Pleurotomarioidea
                    Pleurotomariidae

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=5754) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2002-04-30.