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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Littorinidae 

Bembicium nanum (Lamarck, 1822)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Bembicium melanostoma auct
   Risella melanostoma auct
   Littorina melanostoma auct
   Risella aurata auct
   Risella plana auct
   Bembicium planum auct
   Risella nana auct
   Bembicium nanum auct
   Trochus nanus Lamarck, 1822
   Trochus acuminatus Wood, 1828
   Trochus planus Quoy & Gaimard, 1834
   Littorina australis Gray, 1839
   Bembicium pictum Philippi, 1846
   Risella grisea Philippi, 1851
   Risella crassa Dunker, 1861

Common Name

Striped-mouth Conniwink p.89      Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1962.  

Distribution

From Yeppoon, Queensland , south around the Australian coastline, including Tasmania, to Port Lincoln, South Australia {Reid1988x26}. Central Queensland to Tasmania and west to Spencer Gulf, SA {WILSON1993A}. Central Queensland to Tasmania and South Australia

  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 RegionsAustraliaSouth Australia
  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereAustralia (S)Tasmania
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaNew South Wales
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaQueensland
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaVictoria
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaTasmania
  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereAustralia (S)New South Wales
  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereAustralia (S)South Australia
  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereAustralia (S)Victoria
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricCentral E coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricLower E coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricNE coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricBass Strait
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricS Gulfs coast
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaSouth Australia
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaQueensland
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaVictoria
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaTasmania
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaNew South Wales
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricTas. coast
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaAustralia (N)Queensland
  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereAustralia (S)

Keywords

depth: intertidal [ Upper eulittoral {Reid1988x26}. ]
exposure: semi-exposed [ moderately exposed rocky shores {Reid1988x26}. ]
habitat: rocky shore [ moderately exposed rocky shores {Reid1988x26}. ]
habitat: semi-exposed coast 

References

 Anderson, D.T. 1961. p.203 Biology and ecology
 Anderson, H. 1958. p.558-560 [ Description, distribution and illustrations. ]  General reference
 Bedford, L. 1966. p.15 Biology and ecology
 Braley, H., Anderson, T.A. and Quinn, G.P. 1991. p.13 Biology and ecology
 Fretter, V. 1982. p.230, fig. 1 Biology and ecology
 Reid, D.G. 1988. p.139 General reference
 Reid, D.G. 1988. p.135 Synonomy
 Wilson, B. 1993. p.143, pl. 18, fig. 19a-e  General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Littorinimorpha
                      Littorinoidea
                        Littorinidae
                          Bembiciinae
                            Bembicium Philippi, 1846
                              Bembicium nanum (Lamarck, 1822)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=7651) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-01-31.