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Gastropoda Name Turbinidae 

Turbo (Ninella) torquatus Gmelin, 1791

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Ninella torquata auct.
   Limax stamineus Martyn, 1784
   Turbo torquatus Gmelin, 1791
   Turbo lamellosus Broderip, 1831
   Ninella whiteyi Iredale, 1949

Common Name

Sydney or Heavy Turban Shell p.67 [as Ninella torquata]      Allan, J. 1950.  

Distribution

New South Wales to Port Gregory, Western Australia

  OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S)
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Australian Bight
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Lower E coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Lower W coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: S Gulfs coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: SW coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Tas. coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: New South Wales
  ABRS Regions: Australia: South Australia
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Tasmania
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Victoria
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia

Keywords

depth: infralittoral fringe [ low tide level ]
habitat: rocky shore [ live among weeds, mostly wedged in rock crevices ]

References

 Allan, J. 1950. p.67-68, pl. 18, fig. 17, text-fig. 4 [ as Ninella torquata ]  General reference
 Cotton, B. C. 1959. p.249-250 [ as Ninella torquata ]  General reference
 Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. p.34 General reference
 Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1962. p.79, 81, fig. 107 General reference
 Wilson, B. 1993. p.105, pl. 12, fig. 16a-b General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Vetigastropoda
                Name Author, Year
                  Trochoidea
                    Turbinidae Rafinesque, 1815
                      Turbininae
                        Turbo Linnaeus, 1758
                          Turbo (Ninella) Gray, 1850
                            Turbo (Ninella) torquatus Gmelin, 1791

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=7123) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-05-28.