OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

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Gastropoda Name Trochidae 

Stomatella auricula Lamarck, 1816

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Stomatella auricula Lamarck, 1816

Common Name

False Ear Shell p.199      Cotton, B.C. 1959.  

Distribution

  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricGreat Australian Bight
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricS Gulfs coast
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaSouth Australia
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricSW coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricBass Strait
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricTas. coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricLower E coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricLower W coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricCentral E coast
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaNew South Wales
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaVictoria
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaWestern Australia
  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereAustralia (S)
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West Pacific

Keywords

depth: subtidal [ 5-9 fathoms {COTTON1959A} ]
habitat: coral reef 
substrate: rocks 

References

 Angas, G. F. 1865. p.183 General reference
 Cotton, B.C. 1945. p.152 General reference
 Cotton, B.C. 1959. p.199 [ synonymy, description, ecology and remarks ]  General reference
 Hickman, C.S. & McLean, J.H. 1990. p.108 [fig of living specimen, p. 110 figure of radula]  General reference
 Pilsbry, H.A. 1890. p.43, pl. 2, figs. 21-23  General reference
 Sharabati, D. 1984. pl. 3, figs. 13-13a Distribution
 Wilson, B. 1993. p.74 General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Vetigastropoda
                Name Author, Year
                  Trochoidea
                    Trochidae Rafinesque, 1815
                      Stomatellinae Gray, 1840
                        Stomatella Lamarck, 1816
                          Stomatella auricula Lamarck, 1816

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=6318) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2001-08-07.