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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Littorinidae
Bembicium melanostomum (Gmelin, 1791)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Bembicium planum auct
Risella aurata auct
Trochus (Bembicium) squamiferus auct
Risella livida auct
Risella lutea auct
Bembicium luteum auct
Littorina melanostoma auct
Risella melanostoma auct
Bembicium melanostomum auct
Bembicium melanostoma auct
Trochus in fauce nigerrimus Chemnitz, 1781
Trochus melanostoma Gmelin, 1791
Trochus luteus Quoy & Gaimard, 1834
Trochus melanostoma Reeve, 1842
Bembicium lividum Philippi, 1846
Common Name
Common Conniwink p.80 Allan, J. 1950.
Distribution
Tasmania, Western Port and Port Phillip Bays, Victoria {Reid1988x26}. Central Victoria and Tasmania {WILSON1993A}.
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Tas. coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: Victoria
OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): Tasmania
ABRS Regions: Australia: Tasmania
OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): Victoria
ABRS Regions: Australia: Victoria
ABRS Regions: Australia: Tasmania
OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): Tasmania
OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): Victoria
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Tas. coast
Keywords
depth: intertidal [ intertidal sand and mud flats {Reid1988x26}.
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exposure: sheltered [ sheltered inlets; sheltered rocky shores {Reid1988x26}.
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habitat: mangrove [ sometimes mangroves {Reid1988x26}.
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habitat: rocky shore [ Eulittoral of sheltered rocky shores {Reid1988x26}.
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habitat: salt marsh
habitat: sheltered coast [ Intertidal sand and mud flats in sheltered inlets {Reid1988x26}.
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salinity: estuarine
substrate: mud [ Intertidal flats {Reid1988x26}.
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substrate: sand [ intertidal flats {Reid1988x26}.
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References
Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. p.38 General reference
Reid, D.G. 1988. p.18 General reference
Reid, D.G. 1988. p.116 Synonomy
Wilson, B. 1993. p.143, pl. 18, fig. 24a-b General reference
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Visceroconcha
Gastropoda
Orthogastropoda
Caenogastropoda
Sorbeoconcha
Hypsogastropoda
Littorinimorpha
Littorinoidea
Littorinidae
Bembiciinae
Bembicium Philippi, 1846
Bembicium melanostomum (Gmelin, 1791)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=7646) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-02-04.