OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

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Gastropoda unnamed Batillariidae 

Velacumantus australis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Pyrazus australis Quoy & Gaimard, 1834
   Cerithidea alternata Hutton, 1873

Common Name

Australian mud whelk p.87      Allan, J. 1950.  
Southern mud creeper p.104, pl.105      Wilson, B 2002.  

Distribution

  ABRS RegionsAustraliaNew South Wales
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaVictoria
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaQueensland
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaWestern Australia
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaSouth Australia
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricCentral E coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricLower E coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricBass Strait
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricS Gulfs coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricGreat Australian Bight
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricSW coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricLower W coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricCentral W coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricGreat Barrier Reef
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricGulf of Carp.
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricN coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricNE coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricNW coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricTas. coast
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaTasmania
  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereAustralia (S)
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaAustralia (N)Queensland
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaAustralia (N)Western Australia

Keywords

exposure: sheltered [ sheltered areas, usually among Zostera weed ]
feeds on: plants 
habitat: estuaries 
habitat: mangrove [ mangrove swamps ]
habitat: sand flats [ tidal flats ]
habitat: shallow water 
substrate: algal turf 
substrate: sand 

References

 Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. p.44 General reference
 MacIntyre, R.J. 1961. p.183 Biology and ecology
 McMichael, D.F. 1960. p.68 Biology and ecology
 Phillips, D.A.B., Handreck, C.P., Bock, P.E., Burn, R., Smith, B.J., & Staples, D.A. 1984. p.48 Biology and ecology
 Wilson, B. 1993. p.114 [Pl. 15; fig. 11]  New combination

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  unnamed
                    Cerithioidea
                      Batillariidae Thiele, 1929
                        Velacumantus Iredale, 1936
                          Velacumantus australis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=7265) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by dsherman on 2004-01-26.