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 RegionsAustraliaVictoria
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaNew South Wales
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricLower E coast
  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereAustralia (S)New South Wales
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricCentral E coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricSW coast
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaWestern Australia
  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereAustralia (S)Western Australia
  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereAustralia (S)Tasmania
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricTas. coast
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaTasmania
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricBass Strait
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricS Gulfs coast
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaSouth Australia
  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereAustralia (S)South Australia
  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereAustralia (S)Victoria
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricCentral W coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricLower W coast
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificOceaniaWestern PacificLord Howe (Australia)?
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaAustralia (N)Queensland
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricNE coast
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaQueensland

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.