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Gastropoda unnamed Plesiotrochidae 

Plesiotrochus monachus (Crosse & Fischer, 1864)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Cerithium monachus Crosse & Fischer, 1864

Distribution

  ABRS RegionsAustraliaNew South Wales
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaVictoria
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaSouth Australia
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaWestern Australia
  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 RegionsAustraliaTasmania
  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereAustralia (S)
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricGreat Australian Bight
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricS Gulfs coast
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaSouth Australia
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricBass Strait
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricTas. coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricSW coast

Keywords

depth: shallow subtidal 
feeds on: plants [ macrophytes ]

References

 Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. p.44 General reference
 Wilson, B. 1993. p.132 [text fig.]  General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  unnamed
                    Campaniloidea
                      Plesiotrochidae Houbrick, 1990
                        Plesiotrochus P. Fischer, 1878
                          Plesiotrochus monachus (Crosse & Fischer, 1864)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=7563) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-05-28.