OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Olividae 

Ancilla ovalis (Sowerby, 1859)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Ancillaria ovalis Sowerby, 1859
   Ancilla ovalis (Sowerby, 1859)

Distribution

  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificRed Sea
     Dekker, H. & Orlin, Z. 2000. p.29 
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian OceanIndo-ArabiaGulf of Oman
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian OceanIndo-ArabiaPersian Gulf (=Arabian Gulf)
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian OceanIndo-ArabiaPersian Gulf (=Arabian Gulf)Kuwait
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian OceanIndo-ArabiaPersian Gulf (=Arabian Gulf)Iran
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian OceanIndo-ArabiaPakistan
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian OceanIndo-ArabiaIndia (W)

Keywords

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

References

 Kilburn, R.N. 1981. p.428-433 General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Volutoidea
                        Olividae
                          Ancillinae
                            Ancilla Lamarck, 1799
                              Ancilla ovalis (Sowerby, 1859)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=80525) created by benamy on 2002-10-17. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-04-01.