OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Name Trochidae 

Phasianotrochus apicinus (Menke, 1843)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Trochus apicinus auct.
   Cantharidus (Phasianotrochus) apicinus auct.
   Elenchus apicinus auct.
   Monodonta apicinus Menke, 1843
   Cantharidea ornatus Tenison-Woods, 1876

Common Name

Pointed Kelp Shell p.106      Cotton, B.C. 1959.  

Distribution

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

Keywords

depth: continental shelf [ to 22 fathoms ]
depth: shallow subtidal [ to 22 fathoms ]
depth: subtidal 

References

 Cotton, B.C. 1959. p.106, fig. 49 [ common name, description, distribution, remarks and diagnosis ]  General reference
 Ludbrook, N.H. 1978. p.92, pl. 20, figs 5, 11 [ Early Pleistocene, Holocene ]  Fossil record
 Wilson, B. 1993. p.82 General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Vetigastropoda
                Name Author, Year
                  Trochoidea
                    Trochidae Rafinesque, 1815
                      Trochinae Rafinesque, 1815
                        Cantharidini Cotton, 1959
                          Phasianotrochus Fischer, 1885
                            Phasianotrochus apicinus (Menke, 1843)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=6573) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2001-08-07.