OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Name Trochidae 

Astele (Astele) similare (Reeve, 1863)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Zizyphinus similare Reeve, 1863
   Calliostoma excellens Thiele, 1930

Distribution

Abrolhos, Western Australia to north Queensland

  ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NW coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: N coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Gulf of Carp.
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Northern Territory
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Queensland
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Western Australia
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Northern Territory
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania

References

 Ponder, W.F. 1978. p.431, pl. 2, figs. 1-2 General reference
 Wilson, B. 1993. p.63 [ as Calliostoma similarae (Reeve, 1863) ]  General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Vetigastropoda
                Name Author, Year
                  Trochoidea
                    Trochidae Rafinesque, 1815
                      Calliostomatinae Thiele, 1924
                        Astele Swainson, 1855
                          Astele (Astele) Swainson, 1855
                            Astele (Astele) similare (Reeve, 1863)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=5980) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-02-10.