Specimen F 83174 Pleuroploca australasia (Perry, 1811)

• Taxon Name

  Pleuroploca australasia

• Author and date of publication

  (Perry, 1811)

• Preferred Common name

  Tulip Shell

• Other Common Names

  Australian Horse Conch, Australian Tulip

• Date Identified

  1998

• Identified By

  Robert F. Burn

• Number Of Specimens

  1

• Sex

  Unknown

• Specimen Nature

  Form: Wet, Medium: ethanol 70%

• Expedition Name

  Victorian Institute of Marine Sciences Bass Strait Survey (BSS)

• Collected By

  Dr Gary C. Poore - Museum Victoria, F Wiedenmeyer, Dr Robin S. Wilson - Museum Victoria

• Collection Event Code

  BSS 178 T

• Sampling Method

  trawl, Agassiz

• Date Visited From

  18/11/1981 10:58 AM

• Date Visited To

  18/11/1981 11:13 AM

• Depth To (m)

  26

• Depth From (m)

  26

• 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

  Buccinoidea

• Family

  Fasciolariidae

• Genus

  Pleuroploca

• Species Name

  australasia