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 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: Northern Territory
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NW coast
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Eastern Indian Ocean: India (E)
     Hylleberg, J. & Kilburn, R.N. 2002. p.23 
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: N coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Northern Territory
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Gulf of Carp.
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Philippines: Mindanao: Davao del Sur: Sarangani Islands: Balut Island
     Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. p.43 
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Philippines: Cebu
     Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. p.43 
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Philippines: Bohol
     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.