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Species Oliva irisans Lamarck, 1811

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Malasia, Indonesia, The Philippines and northern Australia (here interpreted as norther NW, NT and most northern QLD)


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine, subtidal.

 

General References

Hunon, C., Hoarau, A. & Robin, A. 2009. Olividae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). A complete survey of Recent species of the genus Oliva. Paris, France : Xenophora 256 pp. [108-111, text figs]

Sterba, G.H.W. 2004. Olividae: a collectors guide (Mollusca, Neogastropoda). Hackenheim : ConchBooks 172 pp. [48-51, pls 11, 12] (the author has an entirely different synonymy to Hunon (2009) and the use of the valid name is not nessesarily for the same species hypothesis)

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
OLIVOIDEA 18-Jan-2012 ADDED Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)