OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Gastropoda Name Fissurellidae
Scutus (Scutus) unguis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Patella unguis Linnaeus, 1758
Unknown granulatus Blainville, 1819
Common Name
The Northern Duck's Bill p.52 Allan, J. 1950.
Distribution
Shark Bay, Western Australia to southern Queensland
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Central W coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Gulf of Carp.
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: N coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NW coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: Northern Territory
ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Eastern Indian Ocean: India (E)
Hylleberg, J. & Kilburn, R.N. 2002. p.22
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Philippines
Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. p.28
References
Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. p.27, pl. 2, fig. 1 General reference
Wilson, B. 1993. p.59, pl. 6, fig. 30 General reference
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Visceroconcha
Gastropoda
Orthogastropoda
Vetigastropoda
Name Author, Year
Fissurelloidea
Fissurellidae Fleming, 1922
Emarginulinae
Scutus Montfort, 1810
Scutus (Scutus) Montfort, 1810
Scutus (Scutus) unguis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=5916) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-07-21.