Indo-Pacific Molluscan Species Database at The Academy of Natural Sciences

OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

Umbonium vestiarium (Linnaeus, 1758)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Trochus vestiarium Linnaeus, 1758
   Umbonium vestiarium (Linnaeus, 1758)
   Globulus australis Philippi, 1848

Common Name

Common Button Top p.20 Abbott, R.T. 1991.

Distribution

Keywords

depth: intertidal
depth: shallow subtidal
feeding mode: deposit feeding
feeding mode: suspension feeding
habit: burrowing, infaunal
habitat: beach [ sandy or muddy sandy beaches {TANTANA1978A}. ]
larvae/young: veliger planktonic
spawn/eggs: spawning, aggregate
substrate: sand bottom

References

Adams, A. 1860. p.288 Biology and ecology
Berry, A.J. 1986. p.211 Biology and ecology
Berry, A.J. 1987. p.711 Biology and ecology
Fretter, V. 1975. p.541 Biology and ecology
Moolenbeek, R.G. 1995. p.36, sp. 50 General reference
Rajagopal, A.S. & Mookherjee, H.P. 1978. p.30 Distribution
Shirley, J. 1911. p.96 [ as Ethalia vestiarium, record from Murray Island, Queensland ] General reference
Shuto, T. 1969. p.53 [ synonymy, remarks and distribution ] General reference
Tantanasiriwong, R. 1978. p.5 Biology and ecology
Wilson, B. 1993. p.95, pl. 11, figs. 14a-f [ distribution and ecology ] 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
                          Umbonium Link, 1807
                            Umbonium vestiarium (Linnaeus, 1758)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=6954) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-07-28.