OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Cerithiopsidae 

Specula regina Cotton, 1951

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Specula regina Cotton, 1951

Distribution

  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: S Gulfs coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: SW coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: South Australia
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
  OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): South Australia
  OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): Western Australia

Keywords

depth: continental shelf 
depth: continental slope [ shallow water to 150 fathoms (274.4m); dredged to 300m although the type was beach collected ]
habitat: shallow water 

References

 Cotton, B. C. 1959. p.362 [ type data; distribution ]  Secondary source
 Cotton, B.C. 1951. p.385-86 Biology and ecology
 Wilson, B. 1993. p.259 [ description; distribution; ecology; illustration ]  General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Ptenoglossa
                      Triphoroidea
                        Cerithiopsidae H. & A. Adams, 1853
                          Specula Finlay, 1927
                            Specula regina Cotton, 1951

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=9890) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2002-04-30.