OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Name Trochidae 

Turcica maculata (Brazier, 1877)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Calliostoma (Perinnia) elisa Gould, 1849
   Thalotia maculata Brazier, 1877

Distribution

Fiji Islands to Papua New Guinea

  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricN coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricGulf of Carp.
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricNE coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricGreat Barrier Reef
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaQueensland
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaNorthern Territory
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificOceania
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-Malaysia
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricN coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricGulf of Carp.
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricNE coast
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaNorthern Territory
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaQueensland
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaAustralia (N)
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaPapua New Guinea
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificOceaniaWestern PacificFiji
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificOceaniaWestern PacificSolomon Islands
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificOceaniaWestern PacificNew Caledonia

Keywords

depth: continental shelf 
depth: subtidal [ 8 to 30 fathoms ]
habitat: coral reef 

References

 Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. p.34, pl. 9, fig. 2 [ distribution and ecology ]  General reference
 Smith, E.A. 1884. p.74 Distribution
 Wilson, B. 1993. p.70 General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Vetigastropoda
                Name Author, Year
                  Trochoidea
                    Trochidae Rafinesque, 1815
                      Eucyclinae Koken, 1897
                        Chilodontini Wenz, 1938
                          Turcica H. & A. Adams, 1854
                            Turcica maculata (Brazier, 1877)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=6105) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-02-10.