Species Nassarius (Zeuxis) dorsatus (Röding, 1798)
Channelled Dog Whelk, One Colour Dog Whelk, Unicolor Dog Whelk
- Buccinum dorsatum Röding, P.F. 1798. Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturae quae olim collegerat Joa. Hamburg : Trappii 199 pp. [Date published September 1798] [111].
Type data:
Lectotype Port Darwin, Northern Territory. - Nassa livida Gray, J.E. 1826. Mollusca. pp. 474-496 in King, P.P. (ed.). Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia. Performed between the years 1818 and 1822; with Appendix B. London : John Murray Vol. 2 viii 637 pp., 9 pls. [Date published 15 Apr 1826: imprint 1827] [484].
Type data:
Status unknown, Australia. - Buccinum unicolorum Kiener, L.C. 1834. Spécies général et Iconographie des coquilles vivantes, comprenant la collection du Muséum d'histoire Naturelle de Paris, la collection de Lamarck, celle du Prince Massena (appartenant maintenant a M. le Baron B. Delessert) et les découvertes récentes des voyageurs. Paris : Rousseau Vol. 9. [60, pl. 19, fig. 69].
- Nassa unicolorata Reeve, L.A. 1853. Monograph of the genus Nassa. pls 1-25 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve Vol. 8. [pl. 3, fig. 17].
Type data:
Status unknown, Nth. Australia. - Nassa rutilans Reeve, L.A. 1853. Monograph of the genus Nassa. pls 1-25 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve Vol. 8. [pl. 22, fig. 147].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH, New Zealand (error).
Generic Combinations
- Nassarius (Zeuxis) dorsatus (Röding, 1798). —
Cernohorsky, W.O. 1984. Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum. Auckland, New Zealand 14: 1-356 [54]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
South coast of West Irian
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Continental shelf, intertidal, intertidal flats, marine, mud-silt, sand, shallow subtidal, subtidal.
Extra Ecological Information
To 55 m; sand-bars.
General References
Beechey, D. 2004. Nassariidae Coverage. The seashells of New South Wales website. http://seashellsofnsw.org.au/Nassariidae/Pages/Nassariidae_coverage.htm (date accessed 15/8/2012)
Cernohorsky, W.O. 1981. Revision of the Australian and New Zealand Tertiary and Recent species of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda. Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum 18: 137-192 [165, figs 50-53]
Cernohorsky, W.O. 1984. Systematics of the family Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum. Auckland, New Zealand 14: 1-356 [54]
Morton, B. & Britton, J.C. 2002. Holothurian feeding by Nassarius dorsatus on a beach in Western Australia. Journal of Molluscan Studies 68: 187-189
Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [87, pl. 14, figs 23a-c]
Common Name References
Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs. [154, pl. 27, fig. 16] (One Colour Dog Whelk)
Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [28, pl. 52] (Unicolor Dog Whelk)
Wilson, B. 2002. A handbook to Australian seashells on seashores east to west and north to south. Sydney : Reed New Holland 185 pp. [148, pl. 149] (Channelled Dog Whelk)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01-Jun-2021 | BUCCINOIDEA | 04-Sep-2013 | MODIFIED | Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ingo Burghardt Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) |
| 19-Mar-2012 | MODIFIED |