OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Name Trochidae 

Vanitrochus Iredale, 1929

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Conotrochus Pilsbry, 1889
   Vanitrochus Iredale, 1929

Included taxa

   Vanitrochus holdsworthiana (G. & H. Nevill, 1871)
   Vanitrochus semiustus (Fischer, 1879)
   Vanitrochus tragema (Melvill & Standen, 1896)

Distribution

  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Gulf of Carp.
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific

References

 Wilson, B. 1993. p.95 [ distribution and remark (that Iredale indicated that Trochus semiustus Fischer, 1879 may also belong here) ]  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
                          Vanitrochus Iredale, 1929

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=6935) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by bouchet genera on 2002-07-16.