Species Euprotomus iredalei (Abbott, 1960)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Strombus vomer iredalei Abbott, R.T. 1960. The genus Strombus in the Indo-Pacific. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 1(2): 33-146 [133] [nom. nov. for Strombus australis Gray, 1826].

  Type data:

   Holotype (Probably in BMNH.), Australia.

  Type locality references:

  Abbott, R.T. 1960. The genus Strombus in the Indo-Pacific. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 1(2): 33-146 [133].
• Euprotomus iredalei Abbott, R.T. 1960. The genus Strombus in the Indo-Pacific. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 1(2): 33-146.
• Strombus australis 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] [489] [junior homonym of Strombus australis Schröter, 1805].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Australia.

  Secondary source:

   Abbott, R.T. 1960. The genus Strombus in the Indo-Pacific. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 1(2): 33-146 [133].

 

Generic Combinations

• Strombus (Euprotomus) vomer iredalei (Abbott, 1960). —
  Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [158]
• Euprotomus iredalei (Abbott, 1960).

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

 

General References

Abbott, R.T. 1960. The genus Strombus in the Indo-Pacific. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 1(2): 33-146 [133]

Kreipl, K. & Poppe, G.T. 1999. A Conchological Iconography: The Family Strombidae. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks 59 pp., 130 pls.

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [158]

 

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. (Australian Stromb)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
	LITTORINIMORPHA Golikov & Starobogatov, 1975	04-Oct-2023	ADDED	Dr Mandy Reid (ABRS)