OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Gastropoda Name Turbinidae
Angaria tyria (Reeve, 1843)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Delphinula tyria Reeve, 1843
Common Name
The Tyrian-Purple Delphinula p.sp. 6 Reeve, L.A. 1843.
Purple Banded Dolphin Shell p.96 Coleman, N. 1981.
Distribution
Fremantle to North West Cape, WA
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Central W coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Lower E coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NW coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): Western Australia
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Western Australia
Keywords
depth: intertidal
depth: subtidal
habitat: reef flats
References
Ludbrook, N.H. 1978. p.99, pl. 10, figs. 9-11 General reference
Reeve, L.A. 1843. pl. 2, fig. 6a-b General reference
Wilson, B. 1993. p.96, pl. 11, fig. 21a-b General reference
Wilson, B. R. & Gillet, K. 1971. p.26, pl. 9, fig. 1-1a General reference
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Visceroconcha
Gastropoda
Orthogastropoda
Vetigastropoda
Name Author, Year
Trochoidea
Turbinidae Rafinesque, 1815
Angariinae
Angaria Röding, 1798
Angaria tyria (Reeve, 1843)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=6993) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2001-11-18.