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Gastropoda Name Trochidae 

Ethminolia vitiliginea (Menke, 1843)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Trochus vitiliginea Menke, 1843
   Talopena (Ethalia) tasmanica Tenison Woods, 1877

Common Name

Depressed Top Shell p.74 [as Ethminolia tasmanica]      Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1962.  
Subdued Top Shell p.101      Cotton, B.C. 1959.  

Distribution

Bass Strait to Fremantle, WA

  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: S Gulfs coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Australian Bight
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: SW coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Lower W coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Victoria
  OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): Tasmania
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
  ABRS Regions: Australia: South Australia
  OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): South Australia
  OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): Victoria
  OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): Western Australia

Keywords

depth: continental shelf 
depth: subtidal [ shallow to 20 fathoms (36 m) ]

References

 Angas, G.F. 1867. p.217 [ as Minolia vitiliginea. Record from Middle Habour ]  General reference
 Cotton, B.C. 1959. p.101, fig. 46 General reference
 Pritchard, G.B. & Gatliff, J.H. 1902. p.133 [ as Minolia tasmanica ]  Alternate taxonomic arrangement
 Wells, F.E. & Bryce, C.W. 1986. p.44, fig. 82  Distribution
 Wilson, B. 1993. p.93, pl. 11, figs. 16a-b [ description, distribution and synonymy ]  General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Vetigastropoda
                Name Author, Year
                  Trochoidea
                    Trochidae Rafinesque, 1815
                      Umboniinae Adams & Adams, 1854
                        Monileini Hickman & McLean, 1990
                          Ethminolia Iredale, 1924
                            Ethminolia vitiliginea (Menke, 1843)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=6879) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2001-08-07.