OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Gastropoda Name Pleurotomariidae
Bayerotrochus westralis (Whitehead, 1987)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Perotrochus tangaroana auct.
Pleurotomaria westralis Whitehead, 1987
Perotrochus westralis (Whitehead, 1987)
Bayerotrochus westralis (Whitehead, 1987)
Common Name
Australia's Split Shell p.168 ['Slack-Smith, 1983'] Anseeuw, P. & Goto, Y. 1996.
Distribution
southern Japan and Central Indo-West Pacific; continental slopes beyond North West Shelf off Port Hedland, WA {Wilson1993A}
ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NW coast
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China: Japan
ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific
Keywords
depth: continental slope [ 250-500 m (Anseeuw1996)
]
substrate: mud bottom
References
Anseeuw, P. & Goto, Y. 1996. p.168-174 General reference
Wagner, H.P. & Coomans, H.E. 1990. p.50 Synonomy
Wilson, B. 1993. p.45 General reference
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Visceroconcha
Gastropoda
Orthogastropoda
Vetigastropoda
Name Author, Year
Pleurotomarioidea
Pleurotomariidae
Bayerotrochus Harasewych, 2002
Bayerotrochus westralis (Whitehead, 1987)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=5757) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-02-06.