OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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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 RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricBass Strait
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricTas. coast
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaVictoria
  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereAustralia (S)Tasmania
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaTasmania
  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereAustralia (S)Victoria
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaVictoria
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaTasmania
  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereAustralia (S)Tasmania
  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereAustralia (S)Victoria
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricTas. coast

Keywords

depth: intertidal [ intertidal sand and mud flats {Reid1988x26}. ]
exposure: sheltered [ sheltered inlets; sheltered rocky shores {Reid1988x26}. ]
habitat: mangrove [ sometimes mangroves {Reid1988x26}. ]
habitat: rocky shore [ Eulittoral of sheltered rocky shores {Reid1988x26}. ]
habitat: salt marsh 
habitat: sheltered coast [ Intertidal sand and mud flats in sheltered inlets {Reid1988x26}. ]
salinity: estuarine 
substrate: mud [ Intertidal flats {Reid1988x26}. ]
substrate: sand [ intertidal flats {Reid1988x26}. ]

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.