OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Janthinidae
Janthina prolongata Blainville, 1822
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Janthina prolongata Blainville, 1822
Janthina iricolor Reeve, 1858
Janthina decollata Angas, 1867
Common Name
Prolongate Violet Snail p.298, pl.807 Coleman, N. 1975.
Distribution
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Lower E coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: S Gulfs coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: SW coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Tas. coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: New South Wales
ABRS Regions: Australia: South Australia
ABRS Regions: Australia: Tasmania
ABRS Regions: Australia: Victoria
ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S)
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China: China
References
Coleman, N. 1981. p.298 Distribution
Yen, T.-C. 1942. p.219 Distribution
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Visceroconcha
Gastropoda
Orthogastropoda
Caenogastropoda
Sorbeoconcha
Hypsogastropoda
Ptenoglossa
Epitonioidea
Janthinidae
Janthina Röding, 1798
Janthina prolongata Blainville, 1822
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=79879) created by benamy on 2002-10-03. Record last updated by dsherman on 2004-03-03.