OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Gastropoda Name Trochidae
Astele (Astelena) multigranum (Dunker, 1871)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Zizyphinus multigranum Dunker, 1871
Common Name
Grained Top Shell p.147 Cotton, B.C. 1959.
Distribution
SA to Geraldton, WA (Wilson, 1993)
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: S Gulfs coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Australian Bight
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: SW coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Lower W coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: South Australia
ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): South Australia
OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): Western Australia
Keywords
depth: intertidal [ 3-22 fathoms (5-40 m) {COTTON1959A}
]
depth: subtidal
habit: embedded [ in flask-shaped sponge {WILSON1993A}
]
References
Cotton, B.C. 1959. p.147, fig. 81 General reference
Wilson, B. 1993. p.65, pl. 10, fig. 13a-b General reference
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Visceroconcha
Gastropoda
Orthogastropoda
Vetigastropoda
Name Author, Year
Trochoidea
Trochidae Rafinesque, 1815
Calliostomatinae Thiele, 1924
Astele Swainson, 1855
Astele (Astelena) Iredale, 1924
Astele (Astelena) multigranum (Dunker, 1871)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=6043) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-02-10.