OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

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Gastropoda Name Turbinidae 

Astralium rhodostoma (Lamarck, 1822)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Trochus rhodostomum Lamarck, 1822
   Distellifer wallisi Iredale, 1937
   Distellifer queenslandicus Iredale, 1937

Distribution

Indo-West Pacific; Rowley Shoals and Kimberley coast, Western Australia to Lady Elliot Island, Queensland (Wilson, 1993)

  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricGreat Barrier Reef
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricGulf of Carp.
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricN coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricNE coast
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaNorthern Territory
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaQueensland
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaWestern Australia
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricNW coast
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-Malaysia
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificOceania
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian OceanEastern Indian OceanIndia (E)
     Hylleberg, J. & Kilburn, R.N. 2002. p.23 
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricN coast
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaNorthern Territory
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricGulf of Carp.
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaQueensland
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaPhilippinesMindanaoDavao del SurSarangani IslandsBalut Island
     Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. p.43 
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaPhilippinesCebu
     Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. p.43 
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaPhilippinesBohol
     Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. p.43 

Keywords

depth: lower intertidal [ among Acropora coral (Wilson, 1993) ]
depth: shallow subtidal 

References

 Salvat, B. & Rives, C. 1975. p.258 [ as Astraea rhodostoma ]  General reference
 Wilson, B. 1993. p.109, pl. 13, fig. 11a-b General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Vetigastropoda
                Name Author, Year
                  Trochoidea
                    Turbinidae Rafinesque, 1815
                      Turbininae
                        Astralium Link, 1807
                          Astralium rhodostoma (Lamarck, 1822)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=7204) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-07-28.