OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Olividae 

Alocospira virgineus (Ninomiya, 1990)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Amalda (Alcospira) virgineus Ninomiya, 1990

Distribution

known only from type locality

  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricSW coast
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaWestern Australia
  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereAustralia (S)Western Australia

Keywords

depth: shallow subtidal [3 m]
substrate: sand 

References

 Wilson, B. 1994. p.128 [ considers status as species dubious ]  Status

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Volutoidea
                        Olividae
                          Ancillinae
                            Alocospira Cossmann, 1899
                              Alocospira virgineus (Ninomiya, 1990)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=68448) created by Shannon Reid on 2002-04-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2002-04-09.