OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Naticidae 

Natica tigrina (Röding, 1798)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Cochlis tigrina Röding, 1798
   Natica maculata Perry, 1811
   Natica javana Lamarck, 1822
   Natica maculosa Lamarck, 1822
   Natica pellis-tigrina Dunker, 1882

Common Name

Tiger Moon shell or hoi ta kai (Th.) p.98      Nateewathana, A. 1995.  

Distribution

Recorded from a sandy cay off Cardwell, Qld; Indo-West Pacific{WILSON1993A}

  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricNE coast
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaQueensland
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian Ocean
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificEast Africa
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-China
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-Malaysia
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificRed Sea
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian OceanEastern Indian OceanIndia (E)
     Hylleberg, J. & Kilburn, R.N. 2002. p.30 
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificCentral and East Indian OceanIndo-ArabiaIndia (W)
     Subba Rao, N. V. 2003. p.186 

Keywords

depth: continental shelf       Subba Rao, N. V. 2003. p.186 
depth: epipelagic       Subba Rao, N. V. 2003. p.186 
depth: subtidal       Subba Rao, N. V. 2003. p.186 
substrate: sand       Subba Rao, N. V. 2003. p.186 

References

 Cernohorsky, W.O. 1971. p.203 [{as Natica maculosa Lamarck, 1822}]  General reference
 Kabat, A.R. 1996. p.33 Distribution
 Nateewathana, A. 1995. p.98 Secondary source
 Subba Rao, N. V. 2003. p.186 General reference
 Wilson, B. 1993. p.217 [pl. 36, fig. 10]  General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Littorinimorpha
                      Naticoidea
                        Naticidae Forbes, 1838
                          Naticinae Forbes, 1838
                            Natica Scopoli, 1777
                              Natica tigrina (Röding, 1798)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=9034) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2004-04-29.