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Gastropoda Name Trochidae 

Phasianotrochus irisodontes (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Cantharidus schrayeri auct.
   Cantharidus nitidulus auct.
   Elenchus nitidulus auct.
   Cantharidus irisodontes auct.
   Elenchus irisodontes auct.
   Elenchus virgulatus auct.
   Trochus irisodontes Quoy & Gaimard, 1834
   Monodonta virgata Menke, 1843
   Trochus iriodon Philippi, 1845
   Trochus virgulatus Philippi, 1850
   Trochus laetus Philippi, 1850
   Trochus schrayeri Philippi, 1850
   Trochus minor Philippi, 1851
   Eleuchus vulgaris Adams, 1853
   Trochus nitidulus Philippi, 1855

Common Name

Kelp Shells p.161      Mawle, E. 1918.  
Rainbow Kelp Shell p.63      Allan, J. 1950.  
Green Necklace Shell p.108      Cotton, B.C. 1959.  

Distribution

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

Keywords

depth: continental shelf 
depth: lower intertidal 
depth: shallow subtidal 
depth: subtidal 
substrate: seaweed [ on large species of macroalgae ]

References

 Cotton, B.C. 1959. p.108, fig. 51 [ synonymy, common name, description of shall and radula (from Torr), distribution, phenotypic variation ]  General reference
 Mawle, E. 1918. p.161-162 [ on havesting of shells and manufacturing of necklaces ]  Economy
 Pritchard, G.B. & Gatliff, J.H. 1902. p.126 Synonomy
 Torr, C.M. 1914. pl. 19, no. 6 [ drawing ]  Radula
 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 irisodontes (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=6592) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2001-08-07.