OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Olividae 

Sparella ventricosa ventricosa (Swainson, 1825)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Ancillaria ventricosa Swainson, 1825
   Ancilla ventricosa (Swainson, 1825)
   Ancillaria variegata Swainson, 1825

Distribution

  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast AfricaGulf of Aden
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian OceanIndo-ArabiaAden
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast AfricaTanzania
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast AfricaSeychelles
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast AfricaMozambique
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast AfricaKenya
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast AfricaSomalia
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast AfricaDjibouti

Keywords

depth: continental shelf 
depth: intertidal 
depth: shallow subtidal 
depth: subtidal 
habit: borrowing, infaunal 
habitat: sea grass bed 
substrate: sand 

References

 Kilburn, R.N. 1981. p.435-440 General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Volutoidea
                        Olividae
                          Ancillinae
                            Sparella Gray, 1857
                              Sparella ventricosa (Lamarck, 1811)
                                Sparella ventricosa ventricosa (Swainson, 1825)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=80531) created by benamy on 2002-10-17. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-04-01.