OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
Data as of: 2006-05-17
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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Cerithiopsidae
Ataxocerithium serotinum (Adams, 1855)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Cerithium serotina Sowerby, 1855
Cerithium rhodostoma Sowerby, 1855
Cerithium tubulus Dunker, 1871
Ataxocerithium conturbatum Iredale, 1936
Common Name
Square-mouthed Creeper p.109,111 Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1962.
Little Sponge Creeper p.48, pl.111 Coleman, N. 1975.
Distribution
ABRS Regions: Australia: Victoria
ABRS Regions: Australia: New South Wales
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Lower E coast
OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): New South Wales
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Central E coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: SW coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): Western Australia
OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): Tasmania
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Tas. coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: Tasmania
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: S Gulfs coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: South Australia
OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): South Australia
OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): Victoria
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Central W coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Lower W coast
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Oceania: Western Pacific: Lord Howe (Australia)?
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Queensland
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
Keywords
depth: sublittoral [ 2-6.6m
]
feeds on: animals [ living on sponges below tide level; living on "orange finger sponges", "red sponges" and "white sponges"
]
References
Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. p.44 General reference
Loch, I. 1992. p.1 Secondary source
Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1962. p.109,111 [ distribution; ecology
] Distribution
Wilson, B. 1993. p.257 General reference
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Visceroconcha
Gastropoda
Orthogastropoda
Caenogastropoda
Sorbeoconcha
Hypsogastropoda
Ptenoglossa
Triphoroidea
Cerithiopsidae H. & A. Adams, 1853
Ataxocerithium Tate, 1894
Ataxocerithium serotinum (Adams, 1855)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=9843) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by dsherman on 2004-02-11.