Species Canarium urceum Linnaeus, 1758

Museums

Regional Maps

• Strombus urceus orrae Abbott, R.T. 1960. The genus Strombus in the Indo-Pacific. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 1(2): 33-146 [66, pl. 20, fig. 28; pl. 41, fig. 5].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANSP 247756, Augustus Island, Western Australia.
  Paratype(s) ANSP 232673; ANSP 233409; ANSP 240131; ANSP 240137; MCZ.

Generic Combinations

• Strombus (Canarium) urceus orrae Abbott, 1960. —
  Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [156]

Taxonomic Decision for Subspecies Arrangement

• Abbott, R.T. 1960. The genus Strombus in the Indo-Pacific. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 1(2): 33-146 [66]

Distribution

Ecological Descriptors

Algal substrate, marine, mud-silt, sand.

General References

Abbott, R.T. 1960. The genus Strombus in the Indo-Pacific. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 1(2): 33-146 [63, 66]

Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1–109 [50]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [156]

Common Name References

Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs. [101] (Pitcher Stromb)

Wilson, B. 2002. A handbook to Australian seashells on seashores east to west and north to south. Sydney : Reed New Holland 185 pp. [110, pl. 111] (Little Bear Stromb)

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