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Hiloa variabilis Pease 1861

Description

Hiloa variabilis (Pease, 1861)

Collonia variabilis Pease, 1861: 436, pl. 61, figs 10, 11. Kay, 1965: 61, pl. 7, figs 1, 2. Type loc.: Sandwich Islands [Hawaii]; lectotype in NHM (NHMUK 1963331), designated by Robertson (in Kay 1965: 61, pl. 7, figs 1, 2).

Phasianella variabilis — Viader, 1937: 54.

Hiloa variabilis — Cernohorsky, 1978: 42, text fig. 8. Nangammbi, 2010: 72, figs 2.9–2.11.

Tricolia (Hiloa) variabilis — Kay, 1979: 59, figs 7B, 16F, G, 17.

Tricolia variabilis — Robertson, 1985: 72, pls. 55–96 (detailed synonymy). Herbert, 1991c: 310, fig. 8. Moolenbeek & Dekker, 1993: 145, figs 13, 14. Wilson, 1993: 103. Bosch et al., 1995: 43, fig. 100. Jay, 2014.

Distribution. Widespread in the Indo-West Pacific; extending south to central Zululand (Leadsman Shoal); local material 5–100 m, but mostly <20 m (no data for living specimens).

Tricolia Risso, 1826. Type species (s.d. Gray 1847): Turbo pullus Linnaeus, 1758.

Notes

Published as part of Herbert, David G., 2015, An annotated catalogue and bibliography of the taxonomy, synonymy and distribution of the Recent Vetigastropoda of South Africa (Mollusca), pp. 1-98 in Zootaxa 4049 (1) on page 79, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4049.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/245367

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Phasianellidae
Genus
Hiloa
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Archaeogastropoda
Phylum
Mollusca
Scientific name authorship
Pease
Species
variabilis
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Hiloa variabilis Pease, 1861 sec. Herbert, 2015

References

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