OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Naticidae
Polinices (Polinices) aurantius (Röding, 1798)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Albula aurantium Röding, 1798
Polinices aurantius (Röding, 1798)
Natica straminea Récluz, 1844
Natica sulphurea Récluz, 1844
Uber mellosum Hedley, 1924
Common Name
Yellow Sand Snail p.217 Coleman, N. 1981.
Distribution
ABRS Regions: Australia: Northern Territory
ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-China
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Gulf of Carp.
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: N coast
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea
Dekker, H. & Orlin, Z. 2000. p.23
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Philippines: Sulu Sea
Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. p.46
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Philippines: Samar
Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. p.46
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Philippines
Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. p.46
Keywords
depth: intertidal
substrate: coral sand
References
Cernohorsky, W.O. 1971. p.194 Synonomy
Wilson, B. 1993. p.220, pl. 36, fig. 29 General reference
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Visceroconcha
Gastropoda
Orthogastropoda
Caenogastropoda
Sorbeoconcha
Hypsogastropoda
Littorinimorpha
Naticoidea
Naticidae Forbes, 1838
Polinicinae Gray, 1847
Polinices Montfort, 1810
Polinices (Polinices) Montfort, 1810
Polinices (Polinices) aurantius (Röding, 1798)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=9117) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-07-28.