Species Pterygia nucea (Gmelin, 1791)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Voluta nucea Gmelin J.F. 1791. Caroli a Linné. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Lipsiae : Georg. Emanuel. Beer Vermes. Vol. 1(Part 6) pp. 3021–3910. [officially regarded by the ICZN Opinion 296 (26 Oct 1954) as the 13th edition of Systema Naturae] [3449].

  Type data:

   Lectotype Ticao Island, Philippines.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Cernohorsky, W.O. 1991. The Mitridae of the World. Part 2. The subfamily Mitrinae concluded and subfamilies Imbricariinae and Cylindromitrinae. Monographs of Marine Mollusca 4: 1-164.
• Mitra olivaria Lamarck, J.P.B.A de M. 1811. Suite de la détermination des espèces de mollusques testacés, Mitre (Mitra). Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris 17: 54-80, 195-222 [202].

  Type data:

   Holotype MHNG 1107/98/2.
• Mitra ornata Schubert, G.H. & Wagner, J.A. 1829. Neues systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet, angefangen von Martini und Chemnitz, fortgesetzt. Nürnberg : Bauer und Raspe Vol. 12 Xii + 196 pp., pls 214-237. [83, pl. 225, figs 3098-3099].
• Mitra zebra Anton, H.E. 1838. Verzeichniss der Conchylien welche sich in der Sammlung von Hermann Eduard Anton befinden. Halle : Eduard Anton xvi + 110 pp. [imprint date 1839; see Cernohorsky (1978: 299) for publication dates] [68].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Cernohorsky, W.O. 1991. The Mitridae of the World. Part 2. The subfamily Mitrinae concluded and subfamilies Imbricariinae and Cylindromitrinae. Monographs of Marine Mollusca 4: 1-164 [146] (see reference for synonymy details)

 

Generic Combinations

• Pterygia nucea (Gmelin, 1791). —
  Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [153]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west and Central Pacific Lord Howe Island (AMS C.302949)

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Coral reef, intertidal, marine, sand, sand flats, shallow subtidal, subtidal.

 

General References

Cernohorsky, W.O. 1991. The Mitridae of the World. Part 2. The subfamily Mitrinae concluded and subfamilies Imbricariinae and Cylindromitrinae. Monographs of Marine Mollusca 4: 1-164 [146, pl. 146]

Reeve, L.A. 1844. Monograph of the genus Mitra. pls 1-27 in Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologica Iconica. London : Reeve & Bentham Vol. 2. [sp. 86, pl. 12, fig. 86]

Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [153, pl. 33, figs 24a-b]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jun-2021	MITRIDAE	31-Aug-2015	MODIFIED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
		26-Nov-2013	MODIFIED