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 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: 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.