OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

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Gastropoda Name Trochidae 

Cantharidella beachportensis Cotton & Godfrey, 1934

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Cantharidella beachportensis Cotton & Godfrey, 1934

Common Name

Beachport Top Shell p.176 [also lists the name Small Girdled Top Shell]      Cotton, B.C. 1959.  

Distribution

  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricLower W coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricSW coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricGreat Australian Bight
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricS Gulfs coast
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaWestern Australia
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaSouth Australia
  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereAustralia (S)Western Australia
  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereAustralia (S)South Australia

Keywords

depth: continental shelf 
depth: shallow subtidal 
depth: subtidal 

References

 Cotton, B.C. 1959. p.176 [text fig. 106, description, distribution]  General reference
 Wilson, B. 1993. p.76 General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Vetigastropoda
                Name Author, Year
                  Trochoidea
                    Trochidae Rafinesque, 1815
                      Trochinae Rafinesque, 1815
                        Gibbulini Stoliczka, 1868
                          Cantharidella Pilsbry, 1889
                            Cantharidella beachportensis Cotton & Godfrey, 1934

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=6381) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2001-08-07.