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Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Hipponicidae 

Pilosabia trigona (Gmelin, 1791)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Patella trigona Gmelin, 1791
   Pilosabia trigona (Gmelin, 1791)
   Hipponix (Pilosabia) trigona (Gmelin, 1791)
   Pileopsis pilosus Deshayes, 1832
   Hipponyx pilosus (Deshayes, 1832)
   Hipponyx barbata Sowerby, 1835

Distribution

Rehder, 1980 (Rehde1980x15): "From South Africa eastward to the Hawaiian Islands and Easter Island, and on the Pacific coast of the Americas from Baja California, Mexico, to Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands."

  OBIS Regions: Eastern Pacific: Galapagos Islands
     Rehder, H.A. 1980. p. 61 
  OBIS Regions: Eastern Pacific: Mexico
     Rehder, H.A. 1980. p. 61 
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Polynesia: Easter Island Group
     Rehder, H.A. 1980. p. 61 
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
  ABRS Regions: Australia: New South Wales
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Lower E coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Northern Territory
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: N coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Gulf of Carp.
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NW coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific

Keywords

habitat: tide pools       Rehder, H.A. 1980. p. 61 
substrate: rocks       Rehder, H.A. 1980. p. 61 

References

 Allan, J. 1950. p.86 Distribution
 Brazier, J. 1877. p.369 Distribution
 Kay, E.A. 1979. p.178-179 [ figs. 61F, 62A, B as Hipponix (Pilosabia) pilosus ]  General reference
 Rehder, H.A. 1980. p.61 Synonomy
 Rippingale, O.H. & McMichael, D.F. 1961. p.45, pl. 3, fig. 27 General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Littorinimorpha
                      Vanikoroidea
                        Hipponicidae
                          Pilosabia Iredale, 1929
                            Pilosabia trigona (Gmelin, 1791)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=76213) created by benamy on 2002-08-16. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-01-07.