OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

ANSP OBIS Home | Another Search

Gastropoda Name Trochidae 

Monilea belcheri (Philippi, 1849)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Trochus belcheri Philippi, 1849

Distribution

  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Gulf of Carp.
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific: Fiji
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific: Tonga
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific: New Caledonia
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China: Japan
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Queensland

Keywords

depth: subtidal [ 20-26 m ]
substrate: sand bottom 

References

 Hedley, C. 1923. p.308, pl. 5, figs. 15-16 [ records from Rocky-Isle off Cape Flattery, Eagle Island and Lizard Island, Australia. ]  Distribution
 Ladd, H.S. 1966. p.41 [ description and distribution. ]  General reference
 Tantanasiriwong, R. 1978. p.5 Biology and ecology
 Wilson, B. 1993. p.94, pl. 11, figs. 20a-b  Distribution

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Vetigastropoda
                Name Author, Year
                  Trochoidea
                    Trochidae Rafinesque, 1815
                      Umboniinae Adams & Adams, 1854
                        Monileini Hickman & McLean, 1990
                          Monilea Swainson, 1840
                            Monilea belcheri (Philippi, 1849)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=6891) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2001-07-30.