OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Strombidae
Lambis (Millepes) scorpius scorpius (Linnaeus, 1758)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Strombus scorpius Linnaeus, 1758
Pterocera nodosa Lamarck, 1822
Common Name
Scorpion Shell p.102
Distribution
ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Eastern Indian Ocean
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Papua New Guinea
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China: Japan
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Philippines
Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. p.69
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China
Keywords
eCode: coral reef
eCode: shallow subtidal
exposure: sheltered [ coast, in coral rubble
]
References
. p.102 General reference
. p.102 [as Lambis scorpio] New combination
Abbott, R. T. 1961. p.164 General reference
Abbott, R. T. 1961. p.164 Synonomy
Roissy, ? 1805. p.91 [pl. 58, fig. 5, as Pterocera scorpius] New combination
Wilson, B. 1993. p.154 General reference
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Visceroconcha
Gastropoda
Orthogastropoda
Caenogastropoda
Sorbeoconcha
Hypsogastropoda
Littorinimorpha
Stromboidea
Strombidae
Lambis Röding, 1798
Lambis (Millepes) Mörch, 1852
Lambis (Millepes) scorpius (Linnaeus, 1758)
Lambis (Millepes) scorpius scorpius (Linnaeus, 1758)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=7897) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-07-25.