OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Naticidae
Polinices (Mammilla) melanostomoides (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Natica melanostomoides Quoy & Gaimard, 1833
Distribution
{Indo-West Pacific; north Queenland }
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific
Keywords
substrate: coral sand
References
Cernohorsky, W.O. 1971. p.199, figs. 66-67 General reference
Wilson, B. 1993. p.221 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) melanostomoides (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=9162) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2002-05-07.