Species Murravia exarata (Verco, 1910)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Magasella exarata Verco, J.C. 1910. The Brachiopods of South Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 34: 89-99 [97, pl. 28, figs 6-8].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, off Beachport, SA, in 150 fathoms.

 

Distribution

States

South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, G. Aust. Bight, S Gulfs coast, SW coast, Tas. Coast

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, continental slope, filter-feeder, marine, subtidal.

 

General References

Cotton, B.C. & Godfrey, F.K. 1943. A systematic list of the Echinodermata, Foraminifera, Hydroida, Brachiopoda of southern Australia. Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia 3: 1-36 [32]

Richardson, J.R. 1997. Chapter 19. Brachiopods (Phylum Brachiopoda). pp. 999-1027 in Shepherd, S.A. & Davies, M. (eds). Marine invertebrates of Southern Australia. Richmond, SA : South Australian Research and Development Institute & Flora and Fauna of South Australia Handbook Committee Vol. 3 pp. 902-1264. [1013] (fig. 19.9d; description, distribution, ecology)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)