Species Rixa watsoni (Henn & Brazier, 1894)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Glyphis watsoni Brazier, J.W. & Henn, A.U. 1894. Family Fissurellidae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 19: 177-182 [177, pl. 14, fig. 15].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.2906 dry, deep rock pool, low water spring tide, Sydney, Port Jackson, Watsons Bay, Green Point, New South Wales, Australia [33°50'31.2'S, 151°16'30'E].

 

Generic Combinations

• Rixa watsoni (Henn & Brazier, 1894). —
  Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1–109 [31]
  Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [59]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Wilson (1993) gives the range as NSW and Victoria, but Beechey (2005) restricts it to NSW.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine, subtidal.

 

General References

Beechey, D.L. 2005. Rixa watsoni Brazier, 1894. Seashells of New South Wales website. http://seashellsofnsw.org.au/Fissurellidae/Pages/Rixa_watsoni.htm

Iredale, T. 1924. Results from Roy Bell's molluscan collections. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 49(3): 179–279, pls 33–36 [221]

Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1–109 [31]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [59]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
08-Nov-2011	FISSURELLOIDEA	08-Nov-2011	MOVED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Stephanie Baccarella (AM) Dr Peter Middelfart (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) Dr Winston Ponder (AM)
24-Aug-2011		24-Aug-2011	MOVED
		17-Aug-2011	MODIFIED