OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Name Fissurellidae 

Montfortula pulchra (A. Adams, 1852)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Emarginula pulchra A. Adams, 1852

Distribution

North West Cape, Western Australia to southern Queensland (Wilson, 1993)

  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaAustralia (N)
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricCentral E coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricGreat Barrier Reef
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricGulf of Carp.
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricN coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricNE coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricNW coast
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaNorthern Territory
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaQueensland
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaWestern Australia
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaPhilippines

Keywords

depth: intertidal [ in the oyster zone ]

References

 Wilson, B. 1993. p.57, pl. 6, fig. 23 General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Vetigastropoda
                Name Author, Year
                  Fissurelloidea
                    Fissurellidae Fleming, 1922
                      Emarginulinae
                        Montfortula Iredale, 1915
                          Montfortula pulchra (A. Adams, 1852)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=5899) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2001-12-04.