OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Gastropoda Name Trochidae
Umboniini Adams & Adams, 1854
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Umboniini Adams & Adams, 1854
Included taxa
Umbonium Link, 1807
Distribution
Predominately tropical Indo-Pacific, but extending north in the western Pacific to northern Japan and Sakhalin.
OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Northern Hemisphere: Japan (N)
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific
Keywords
depth: intertidal
depth: subtidal
feeding mode: suspension feeding
habitat: beach [ moderatley exposed beaches {Hickm1990x81}
]
habitat: sand flats [ semiprotected sand flats {Hickm1900x81}.
]
substrate: in sand
References
Hickman, C.S. & McLean, J.H. 1990. p.136, figs. 89-91 [ synonymy, living genera (assigned to three tribes), fossil record, distribution and habitat, diagnosis, description and discussion
] General reference
Wilson, B. 1993. p.95 General reference
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Visceroconcha
Gastropoda
Orthogastropoda
Vetigastropoda
Name Author, Year
Trochoidea
Trochidae Rafinesque, 1815
Umboniinae Adams & Adams, 1854
Umboniini Adams & Adams, 1854
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=6952) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2001-07-30.