OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Name Trochidae 

Alcyna Adams, 1860

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Alcyna Adams, 1860

Included taxa

   Alcyna ocellata A. ADAMS, 1860-c
   Alcyna exiguus (Gould, 1861)
   Alcyna lifuensis Melvill & Standen, 1896
   Alcyna australis Hedley, 1907
   Alcyna acia Cotton, 1948
   Alcyna kingensis (Gabriel, 1956)

Distribution

Japan, Hawaiian Islands, Australia

  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricS Gulfs coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricGreat Australian Bight
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricSW coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricLower W coast
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaSouth Australia
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaWestern Australia

References

 Cotton, B.C. 1959. p.114 [ type species, description, distribution, remarks ]  General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Vetigastropoda
                Name Author, Year
                  Trochoidea
                    Trochidae Rafinesque, 1815
                      Trochinae Rafinesque, 1815
                        Cantharidini Cotton, 1959
                          Alcyna Adams, 1860

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=6517) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2001-07-30.