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 Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Gulf of Aden
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Indo-Arabia: Aden
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Tanzania
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Seychelles
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Mozambique
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Kenya
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Somalia
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: East Africa: Djibouti
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.