Specimen F 161271 Dicathais orbita (Gmelin, 1791)

• Taxon Name

  Dicathais orbita

• Author and date of publication

  (Gmelin, 1791)

• Preferred Common name

  Dog Winkle

• Other Common Names

  Cart-wheel Purple, Cartrut Shell

• Date Identified

  2008

• Identified By

  Jack Austin

• Number Of Specimens

  1

• Sex

  Unknown

• Specimen Nature

  Form: Wet, Medium: ethanol 70%

• Collected By

  Dr Brian J. Smith

• Date Visited From

  4/12/1977

• Date Visited To

  4/12/1977

• Category

  Natural Sciences

• Scientific Group

  Invertebrate Zoology

• Discipline

  Invertebrates

• Collecting Areas

  Invertebrates

• Type of Item

  Specimen

Taxonomy

• Phylum

  Mollusca

• Subphylum

  Conchifera

• Superclass

  Visceroconcha

• Class

  Gastropoda

• Subclass

  Orthogastropoda

• Superorder

  Caenogastropoda

• Order

  Sorbeoconcha

• Suborder

  Hypsogastropoda

• Infraorder

  Neogastropoda

• Superfamily

  Muricoidea

• Family

  Muricidae

• Subfamily

  Rapaninae

• Genus

  Dicathais

• Species Name

  orbita