OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda unnamed Potamididae 

Cerithidea (Cerithidea) obtusa (Lamarck, 1822)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Cerithium obtusum Lamarck, 1822

Common Name

Obtuse Horn shell or hoi jub jang (Th.) p.97      Nateewathana, A. 1995.  
Blunt Creeper p.87, pl.17, f.19      Allan, J. 1950.  

Distribution

Indo-Pacific; coasts of the Indian Ocean from Madagascar to SE Asia

  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricGulf of Carp.
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricNE coast
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaQueensland
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaAustralia (N)Queensland
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast AfricaMadagascar
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaPhilippines
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaIndonesiaMoluccas
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaAustralia (N)Queensland
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaAustralia (N)Northern Territory
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaAustralia (N)Western Australia
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaNorthern Territory
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaWestern Australia
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian OceanEastern Indian OceanThailand (W)Phuket
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaIndonesiaJava Sea

Keywords

habitat: mangrove [ common in mangrove forest and nipa palm swamps (Thailand) ]

References

 Benthem Jutting, W.S.S. van 1956. p.434-4 Distribution
 Cotton, B.C. 1959. p.1 General reference
 Nateewathana, A. 1995. p.97 Secondary source
 Tantanasiriwong, R. 1978. p.7 Distribution
 Wilson, B. 1993. p.133 [Pl. 15; fig. 15]  General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  unnamed
                    Cerithioidea
                      Potamididae
                        Cerithidea Swainson, 1840
                          Cerithidea (Cerithidea) Swainson, 1840
                            Cerithidea (Cerithidea) obtusa (Lamarck, 1822)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=7579) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by dsherman on 2003-12-17.