OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Olividae 

Chilotygma exigua exigua (Sowerby, 1830)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Ancillaria exigua Sowerby, 1830
   Ancilla exigua (Sowerby, 1830)
   Ancilla (Monoptygma) unidentata Sowerby, 1894

Distribution

  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificRed Sea
     Dekker, H. & Orlin, Z. 2000. p.29 
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian OceanIndo-ArabiaYemenSouth Yemen
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian OceanIndo-ArabiaAden
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast AfricaEthiopia
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast AfricaSomalia
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast AfricaGulf of Aden

Keywords

depth: continental shelf 
depth: intertidal 
depth: shallow subtidal 
depth: subtidal 
habit: borrowing, infaunal 
substrate: sand 

References

 Kilburn, R.N. 1981. p.451-453 General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Volutoidea
                        Olividae
                          Ancillinae
                            Chilotygma H. & A. Adams, 1853
                              Chilotygma exigua (Sowerby, 1830)
                                Chilotygma exigua exigua (Sowerby, 1830)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=80512) created by benamy on 2002-10-17. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-04-01.