OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Ovulidae 

Prionovolva margarita (Sowerby, 1828)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Pseudosimnia (Diminovula) margarita
   Primovula (Diminovula) margarita
   Globovula margarita
   Ovulum margarita Sowerby, 1828
   Ovula umbilicata Sowerby II, 1848

Distribution

South-west Pacific; eastern Queensland (Wilson, 1993)

  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricNE coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricCentral E coast
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaQueensland
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaAustralia (N)Queensland
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaPapua New Guinea
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaPhilippines
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificOceaniaWestern PacificTonga
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificOceaniaWestern Pacific

References

 Cate, C.N. 1973. p.23 [ ]  Synonomy
 Wilson, B. 1993. p.206 General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Littorinimorpha
                      Cypraeoidea
                        Ovulidae Fleming, 1828
                          Prionovolva Iredale, 1930
                            Prionovolva margarita (Sowerby, 1828)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=8841) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-05-15.