OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Name Turbinidae 

Austroliotia australis (Kiener, 1839)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Delphinula australis Kiener, 1839

Common Name

The Southern Austroliotia p.211      Cotton, B. C. 1959.  
Southern Wheel Shell p.97      Coleman, N. 1981.  

Distribution

Sydney, New South Wales to Fremantle, Western Australia

  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereAustralia (S)
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricBass Strait
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricGreat Australian Bight
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricLower E coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricLower W coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricS Gulfs coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricSW coast
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaNew South Wales
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaSouth Australia
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaTasmania
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaVictoria
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaWestern Australia

Keywords

depth: shallow subtidal 
habitat: under stones 

References

 Cotton, B. C. 1959. p.211-212, fig. 130 Contains synonymy
 Jenkins, B.W. 1984. p.4, figs. 1, 12 General reference
 Wilson, B. 1993. p.99, text-fig. General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Vetigastropoda
                Name Author, Year
                  Trochoidea
                    Turbinidae Rafinesque, 1815
                      Liotiinae
                        Austroliotia Cotton, 1948
                          Austroliotia australis (Kiener, 1839)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=7025) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2001-12-11.