OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

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Gastropoda unnamed Diastomatidae 

Diastoma melanioides (Reeve, 1849)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Mesalia melanioides Reeve, 1849
   Diastoma melanioides (Reeve, 1849)
   Neodiastoma melanioides (Reeve, 1849)
   Mesalia exilis Sowerby, 1913

Distribution

  ABRS RegionsAustraliaSouth Australia
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaWestern Australia
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricGreat Australian Bight
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricSW coast
  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereAustralia (S)South Australia
  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereAustralia (S)Western Australia
  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereAustralia (S)Western Australia
     Houbrick, R.S. 1981. p.615 
  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereAustralia (S)South Australia
     Houbrick, R.S. 1981. p.615 
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaSouth Australia
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaWestern Australia
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricSW coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricS Gulfs coast

Keywords

depth: shallow subtidal 
depth: subtidal       Houbrick, R.S. 1981. p.614 
habitat: sea grass bed 
substrate: algal turf       Houbrick, R.S. 1981. p.614 
substrate: in sand 
substrate: sand       Houbrick, R.S. 1981. p.614 

References

 Houbrick, R.S. 1981. p.614 General reference
 Houbrick, R.S. 1981. p.614 Synonomy
 Houbrick, R.S. 1981. p.614 Biology and ecology
 Houbrick, R.S. 1981. p.617 Distribution
 Houbrick, R.S. 1981. p.605 Radula
 Houbrick, R.S. 1981. p.617 Range map
 Houbrick, R.S. 1981. p.607 Anatomy
 Wilson, B. 1993. p.126, pl. 15, figs 10a, b  General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  unnamed
                    Cerithioidea
                      Diastomatidae
                        Diastoma Deshayes, 1850
                          Diastoma melanioides (Reeve, 1849)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=7483) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by juliannao on 2003-01-08.