OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

ANSP OBIS Home | Another Search

Gastropoda Name Trochidae 

Laetifautor spinulosum (Tate, 1893)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Calliostoma spinulosum Tate, 1893

Common Name

Prickly Calliostoma p.61 [For Spicator spinulosum]      Allan, J. 1950.  
Spine Top Shell p.159      Cotton, B.C. 1959.  

Distribution

  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricS Gulfs coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricGreat Australian Bight
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricSW coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricLower W coast
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaSouth Australia
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaWestern Australia
  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereAustralia (S)South Australia
  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereAustralia (S)Western Australia

Keywords

depth: continental shelf 
depth: subtidal [ 9-110 fathoms (16-198 m) ]

References

 Allan, J. 1950. p.61 General reference
 Cotton, B.C. 1959. p.159, fig. 92 General reference
 Wilson, B. 1993. p.64 General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Vetigastropoda
                Name Author, Year
                  Trochoidea
                    Trochidae Rafinesque, 1815
                      Calliostomatinae Thiele, 1924
                        Laetifautor Iredale, 1929
                          Laetifautor spinulosum (Tate, 1893)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=6022) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by dsherman on 2004-05-05.