OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Naticidae 

Polinices (Mammilla) maurus (Lamarck, 1816)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Natica maura Lamarck, 1816
   Polinices nuxcastanea "Martyn" Hedley, 1913

Distribution

{Indo-West Pacific; Queensland south to Bunker Group{WILSON1993A} Indo-Pacific from central Japan to Indonesia{Shuto1969x70}}

  ABRS RegionsAustraliaQueensland
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricGreat Barrier Reef
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricNE coast
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-China
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-Malaysia
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificOceaniaWestern Pacific
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaPhilippines
     Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. p.46 

Keywords

depth: intertidal 
substrate: muddy sand 

References

 Cernohorsky, W.O. 1971. p.196-197 Synonomy
 Shuto, T. 1969. p.83 Distribution
 Wilson, B. 1993. p.221, pl. 36, fig. 42 General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Littorinimorpha
                      Naticoidea
                        Naticidae Forbes, 1838
                          Polinicinae Gray, 1847
                            Polinices Montfort, 1810
                              Polinices (Mammilla) Schumacher, 1817
                                Polinices (Mammilla) maurus (Lamarck, 1816)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=9159) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-07-23.