OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda unnamed Batillariidae 

Pyrazus ebeninus (Bruguière, 1792)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Clava herculea Martyn, 1784
   Cerithium ebeninum Bruguière, 1792
   Pyrazus baudini Monfort, 1810
   Lampania angulifera Sowerby, 1866

Common Name

Hercules Club whelk p.113      Wilson, B. 1993.  
Mud Whelk p.86, pl.17, f.27      Allan, J. 1950.  

Distribution

  ABRS RegionsAustraliaQueensland
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaVictoria
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaNew South Wales
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricCentral E coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricLower E coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricBass Strait
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricGreat Barrier Reef
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricGulf of Carp.
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricNE coast
  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereAustralia (S)New South Wales
  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereAustralia (S)Victoria
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaAustralia (N)Queensland
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaTasmania
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricTas. coast
  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereAustralia (S)Tasmania

Keywords

habitat: estuarine 
habitat: intertial flats [ ]
substrate: mud 

References

 Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. p.44 General reference
 May, W. 1921. p.59 Distribution
 Wilson, B. 1993. p.113 [Pl. 15; fig. 20]  Synonomy

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  unnamed
                    Cerithioidea
                      Batillariidae Thiele, 1929
                        Pyrazus Montfort, 1810
                          Pyrazus ebeninus (Bruguière, 1792)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=7260) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by dsherman on 2003-12-17.