Interesting Facts
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Description
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Habitat
Typically found in the intertidal zone at the water's edge at a mean distance from sea level of -16 meters (-51 feet).[1]
Biome: Coastal.
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
()
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
()
- Phylum:
Mollusca
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795
- Molluscs
- Class:
Gastropoda
()
- Cuvier, 1795
- Snails and Slugs
- Subclass:
Orthogastropoda
()
- Ponder & Lindberg, 1996
- Superorder:
Caenogastropoda
()
- Cox, 1960
- Order:
Sorbeoconcha
()
- Ponder & Lindberg, 1997
- Suborder:
Discopoda
()
- P. Fischer, 1884
- Infraorder:
Discopoda
()
- Superfamily:
Cerithioidea
()
- C.A. Fleming, 1822
- Family:
Batillariidae
()
- J. Thiele, 1929
- Genus:
Batillaria
()
- Benson, 1842
- Specific name:
australis
- Scientific name: - Batillaria australis
- Specific name:
australis
- Genus:
Batillaria
(
- Family:
Batillariidae
(
- Superfamily:
Cerithioidea
(
- Infraorder:
Discopoda
(
- Suborder:
Discopoda
(
- Order:
Sorbeoconcha
(
- Superorder:
Caenogastropoda
(
- Subclass:
Orthogastropoda
(
- Class:
Gastropoda
(
- Phylum:
Mollusca
(
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
(
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Batillaria
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 3 species and subspecies in this genus:
B. attramentaria (Japanese False Cerith) · B. minima (West Indian False Cerith) · B. zonalis (Japanese False Cerith)
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Further Reading
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- Papers and proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania. Hobart, Tasmania, The Society. url p. 136.
- The Nautilus. Melbourne, Fla., etc., American Malacologists, inc., etc. url p. 28.
Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 17, 2007:
- Academy of Natural Sciences, Academy of Natural Sciences Malacology Database
- Academy of Natural Sciences, Academy of Natural Sciences OBIS Mollusc Database [Darwin Core]
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5963447
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14884311
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2578187
Footnotes
- Standard Deviation = 406.840 based on 232 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
