OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Name Fissurellidae 

Diodora octogona (Reeve, 1850)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Fissurella octogona Reeve, 1850

Distribution

widespread; occurring from Ceylon through the Pacific

  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricNE coast
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaQueensland
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West Pacific
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricGreat Barrier Reef
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian OceanEastern Indian Ocean
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-China
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-Malaysia
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificOceania
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificOceaniaPolynesiaHawaiian Islands (Sandwich Islands)

References

 Kay, E.A. 1979. p.fig. 11e-g General reference
 Wilson, B. 1993. p.52 General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Vetigastropoda
                Name Author, Year
                  Fissurelloidea
                    Fissurellidae Fleming, 1922
                      Diodorinae
                        Diodora Gray, 1821
                          Diodora octogona (Reeve, 1850)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=5870) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-07-22.