OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Name Fissurellidae 

Medusafissurella dubia (Reeve, 1849)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Fissurella dubia Reeve, 1849
   Fissurellidea genevievae Dautzenberg, 1929

Distribution

Mogadiscio, Somalia to Kelso, Natal, South Africa; Madagscar

  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast AfricaKenya
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast AfricaMadagascar
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast AfricaMozambique
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast AfricaSomalia
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast AfricaSouth Africa
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast AfricaTanzania

Keywords

depth: infralittoral fringe 
habitat: rocky crevices 

References

 McLean, J.H. & Kilburn, R.N. 1986. p.3-4, figs. 1, 8-10, 15 Contains synonymy

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Vetigastropoda
                Name Author, Year
                  Fissurelloidea
                    Fissurellidae Fleming, 1922
                      Fissurellinae
                        Medusafissurella McLean & Kilburn, 1986
                          Medusafissurella dubia (Reeve, 1849)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=59848) created by Shannon Reid on 2001-12-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2001-12-09.