OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Name Turbinidae 

Tricoliinae

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

Included taxa

   Tricolia Risso, 1826
   Eulithidium Pilsbry, 1898

Distribution

  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific
  OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S)

Keywords

depth: intertidal 
depth: shallow subtidal [ less than 6 m ]
feeding mode: grazing [ on surface film ]
feeds on: plants [ red, brown and green algae and seagrasses ]

References

 Hickman, C.S. 1998.  General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Vetigastropoda
                Name Author, Year
                  Trochoidea
                    Turbinidae Rafinesque, 1815
                      Tricoliinae

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=7086) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2002-05-03.