OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Cymatium (Ranularia) cynocephalum (Lamarck, 1816)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Triton cynocephalum Lamarck, 1816
   Cymatium cynocephalum (Lamarck, 1816)
   Triton moritinctus Reeve, 1844
   Cymatium (Ranularia) caribbaeum Clench and Turner, 1957

Common Name

The Dog's-head Triton pl. 8, fig. 26      Reeve, L.A. 1844.  

Distribution

  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Indo-Arabia
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N)
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Gulf of Carp.
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: N coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NW coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Northern Territory
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea
     Dekker, H. & Orlin, Z. 2000. p.24 
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Central W coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Gulf of Carp.
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Central and East Indian Ocean: Eastern Indian Ocean: India (E)
     Hylleberg, J. & Kilburn, R.N. 2002. p.33 

Keywords

depth: intertidal       Henning, T. & Hemmen, J. 1993.  
substrate: rocks       Henning, T. & Hemmen, J. 1993.  
substrate: sand       Henning, T. & Hemmen, J. 1993.  

References

 Beu, A.G. & Cernohorsky, W.O. 1986. p.260, figs 3 (4?) [ illustration, synonymy, type data, description, distribution ]  General reference
 Henning, T. & Hemmen, J. 1993. p.75, pl. 18, figs 1, 2 General reference
 Reeve, L.A. 1844. pl. 8, fig. 26 General reference
 Wilson, B. 1993. p.246 [ Australian distribution ]  Distribution

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Littorinimorpha
                      Tonnoidea
                        Ranellidae
                          Cymatiinae
                            Cymatium Röding, 1798
                              Cymatium (Ranularia) Schumacher, 1817
                                Cymatium (Ranularia) cynocephalum (Lamarck, 1816)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=9658) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-03-17.