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Gastropoda Name Trochidae 

Chrysostoma zeus (Fischer, 1874)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Monodonta zeus auct.
   Austrocochlea (Chlorodiloma) zeus auct.
   Trochus zeus Fischer, 1874

Common Name

The Dory Austrocochlea p.6      Cotton, B.C. & Godfrey, F.K. 1934.  

Distribution

Cockburn Sound to the Dampier Archipelago, WA

  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NW coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Central W coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Western Australia

Keywords

habitat: sea grass bed 
substrate: rubble 

References

 Cotton, B.C. & Godfrey, F.K. 1934. p.6 General reference
 Hedley, C. 1916. p.178 General reference
 Pilsbry, H.A. 1889. p.112, pl. 22, figs 58, 60 General reference
 Thiele, J. 1930. p.567 [ Synonymises Chrysostoma obtusum (Chemnitz) with this taxon. This name is probably non biniminal and thus unavailable. ]  Taxonomy
 Wells, F.E. & Bryce, C.W. 1986. p.44, fig. 79 General reference
 Wilson, B. 1993. p.76, pl. 7, fig. 5 [ distibution and ecology ]  Alternate taxonomic arrangement

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Vetigastropoda
                Name Author, Year
                  Trochoidea
                    Trochidae Rafinesque, 1815
                      Trochinae Rafinesque, 1815
                        Gibbulini Stoliczka, 1868
                          Chrysostoma Swainson, 1840
                            Chrysostoma zeus (Fischer, 1874)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=6402) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2001-07-30.