OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Naticidae
Tectonatica violacea (Sowerby, 1825)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Natica violacea Sowerby, 1825
Nerita glabra Wood, 1828
Natica rhodostoma Philippi, 1842
Distribution
Polynesia and Philippines to Mozambique
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Philippines
Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. p.49
References
Cernohorsky, W.O. 1971. p.189-190, fig. 44 Synonomy
Kabat, A.R. 1996. p.33 Distribution
Kilburn, R.N. 1976. p.852 General reference
Wilson, B. 1993. p.219 General reference
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Visceroconcha
Gastropoda
Orthogastropoda
Caenogastropoda
Sorbeoconcha
Hypsogastropoda
Littorinimorpha
Naticoidea
Naticidae Forbes, 1838
Naticinae Forbes, 1838
Tectonatica Sacco, 1890
Tectonatica violacea (Sowerby, 1825)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=9097) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-07-24.