Species Cymbiola oblita (Smith, 1909)
- Voluta oblita Smith, E.A. 1909. Notes of Voluta norrisii, V. piperata, V. sophia and description of a new species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 4: 95-98, pl. 5 [96].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH.
Generic Combinations
- Cymbiola oblita (Smith, 1909).
Distribution
States
Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Port Cloates to North Kimberley, Western Australia.
IMCRA
Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28)
Ecological Descriptors
Intertidal, intertidal flats, marine, sand.
General References
Bail, P. & Limpus, A. 1997. The genus Cymbiola Swainson, 1831 in Western Australia. World Shells 21-22: 5-17 [5, figs 33-74]
Bail, P. & Limpus, A. 2014. A new species of Cymbiola (Gastropoda: Volutidae) from Western Australia. Xenophora. Association française de conchyliologie. Supplément 2(22-27) [figs 25-26] (As C. nivosa form oblita)
Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [121,pl. 17, figs 3, 8a-d]
Wilson, B.R. & Gillett, K. 1971. Australian shells: illustrating and describing 600 species of marine gastropods found in Australian waters. Sydney : Reed Books 168 pp. [130,pl. 87, fig. 3, 3a] (as Aulicina nivosa oblita)
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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01-Jun-2021 | OLIVOIDEA | 02-Feb-2012 | MOVED | Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) |
28-Nov-2011 | MODIFIED |