OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Olividae
Sparella castanea (Sowerby, 1830)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Ancillaria castanea Sowerby, 1830
Ancillaria deshayesii Sowerby, 1859
Distribution
Northern Gulf of Aden to north-western India and the Persian Gulf (Kilburn, 1981), Kuwait (Glayzer et al. 1984)
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Indo-Arabia: Aden
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Indo-Arabia: Persian Gulf (=Arabian Gulf)
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Indo-Arabia: Pakistan: Pakistan
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Indo-Arabia: India (W)
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Indo-Arabia: Oman
Keywords
depth: continental shelf
depth: intertidal
depth: shallow subtidal
depth: subtidal
habitat: coral reef
substrate: sand
References
Glayzer, B.A., Glayzer, D.T. & Smythe, K.R. 1984. p.322 General reference
Kilburn, R.N. 1981. p.423-427 General reference
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Visceroconcha
Gastropoda
Orthogastropoda
Caenogastropoda
Sorbeoconcha
Hypsogastropoda
Neogastropoda
Volutoidea
Olividae
Ancillinae
Sparella Gray, 1857
Sparella castanea (Sowerby, 1830)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=72639) created by Mark Kitson on 2002-06-27. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-04-01.