OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Littorinidae 

Bembicium Philippi, 1846

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Risella Gray, 1842
   Bembicium Philippi, 1846

Included taxa

   Bembicium melanostomum (Gmelin, 1791)
   Bembicium nanum (Lamarck, 1822)
   Bembicium auratum (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
   Bembicium vittatum Philippi, 1846
   Bembicium flavescens (Philippi, 1851)

Distribution

  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricGreat Barrier Reef
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricNE coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricCentral E coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricLower E coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricBass Strait
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricTas. coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricS Gulfs coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricGreat Australian Bight
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricSW coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricLower W coast
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaWestern Australia
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaSouth Australia
  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereAustralia (S)Tasmania
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaVictoria
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaNew South Wales
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaQueensland
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificOceaniaWestern PacificLord Howe (Australia)
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificOceaniaWestern PacificNorfolk Island (Australia)

Keywords

larvae/young: direct development [ {Reid1988x26}. ]
larvae/young: planktotrophic [ {Reid1988x26}. ]
spawn/eggs: egg capsules/masses benthic [ {Reid1988x26}. ]

References

 Anderson, H. 1958. p.546-555, 565-568 General reference
 Reid, D.G. 1988. p.116 [ includes synonymy ]  General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Littorinimorpha
                      Littorinoidea
                        Littorinidae
                          Bembiciinae
                            Bembicium Philippi, 1846

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=7636) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by bouchet genera on 2002-07-16.