Specimen ZI 3086 Dicathais orbita (Gmelin, 1791)

• Collection Names

  Catching The Eye Victorian Wildlife Image Collection

• Taxon Name

  Dicathais orbita

• Author and date of publication

  (Gmelin, 1791)

• Preferred Common name

  Dog Winkle

• Other Common Names

  Cart-wheel Purple Cartrut Shell

• Photographer

  Mr David Paul - Museum Victoria

• Expedition Name

  Wilsons Promontory National Park BioScan 2011 (Prom BioScan)

• Collected By

  Simon Hinkley, Catriona McPhee, Dr Ken Walker - Museum Victoria, David Paul - Museum Victoria, Mr Patrick Honan - Museum Victoria - Live Exhibits, Dr Mark D Norman - Museums Victoria, Ms Rebecca Carland - Museum Victoria, Dr Caroline Farrelly - Museum Victoria, N. W. Longmore - Museums Victoria

• Collection Event Code

  WPB 926

• Sampling Method

  Photography only

• Date Visited From

  26/10/2011

• Date Visited To

  26/10/2011

• Category

  Natural Sciences

• Scientific Group

  Invertebrate Zoology

• Discipline

  Invertebrates

• Collecting Areas

  Invertebrates

• Type of Item

  Observation

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