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Gastropoda Name Trochidae 

Microtis tuberculata (A. Adams, 1850)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Microtis tuberculata A. Adams, 1850
   Microtina heckeliana Crosse, 1871

Distribution

Geographe Bay, WA to southern Queensland; Melanesia to the Philippines

  ABRS RegionsAustraliaWestern Australia
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaQueensland
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricNE coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricCentral E coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricGulf of Carp.
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricN coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricNW coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricCentral W coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricLower W coast
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaNorthern Territory
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-Malaysia
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificOceania
  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereAustralia (S)Western Australia

Keywords

depth: intertidal 

References

 Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. p.36 [ as Stomatia (Microtis) heckeliana (Crosse, 1871) and Stomatia (Microtis) tuberculata (A. Adams, 1850) ]  Distribution
 Talmadge, R. 1958. p.39 [ remarks on Microtis heckliana ]  General reference
 Wilson, B. 1993. p.73, pl. 11, figs. 12a-b [ distribution and remarks ( M. heckliana as separate species) ]  General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Vetigastropoda
                Name Author, Year
                  Trochoidea
                    Trochidae Rafinesque, 1815
                      Stomatellinae Gray, 1840
                        Microtis A. Adams, 1850
                          Microtis tuberculata (A. Adams, 1850)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=6272) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2001-08-07.