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Gastropoda Name Turbinidae 

Turbo (Marmarostoma) perspeciosus (Iredale, 1929)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Lunella perspeciosa auct.
   Turbo speciosus Reeve, 1848
   Senectus perspeciosus Iredale, 1929

Distribution

Point Cloates, Western Australia to southern Queensland

  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N)
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Central W coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Gulf of Carp.
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: N coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NW coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Northern Territory
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia

Keywords

depth: intertidal 
habitat: coral reef 

References

 Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. p.34 General reference
 Wilson, B. 1993. p.106, pl. 12, fig. 2 General reference
 Woolacott, L. 1957. p.113-114, figs. 3-4 [ as Senectus perspeciosus Iredale ]  General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Vetigastropoda
                Name Author, Year
                  Trochoidea
                    Turbinidae Rafinesque, 1815
                      Turbininae
                        Turbo Linnaeus, 1758
                          Turbo (Marmarostoma) Swainson, 1829
                            Turbo (Marmarostoma) perspeciosus (Iredale, 1929)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=7155) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2001-11-28.