OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Cerithiopsidae 

Ataxocerithium beasleyi Cotton & Godfrey, 1938

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Ataxocerithium beasleyi Cotton & Godfrey, 1938

Distribution

  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereAustralia (S)South Australia
  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereAustralia (S)Western Australia
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricS Gulfs coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricSW coast
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaSouth Australia
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaWestern Australia

Keywords

depth: continental shelf 
depth: continental slope [ 4-150 fathoms (approx. 7.3-274.4m) ]
depth: subtidal 

References

 Loch, I. 1992. p.2 [ distribution; ecology ]  Secondary source
 Wilson, B. 1993. p.256 General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Ptenoglossa
                      Triphoroidea
                        Cerithiopsidae H. & A. Adams, 1853
                          Ataxocerithium Tate, 1894
                            Ataxocerithium beasleyi Cotton & Godfrey, 1938

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=9837) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2002-04-29.