General References

Hori, S. & Tsuchida, E. 1995. A revision of systematic position of genus Leucotina (Gastropoda: Heterostropha). Venus 54: 279-291

Ponder, W.F. 1987. The anatomy and relationships of the pyramidellacean limpet Amathina tricarinata (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Asian Marine Biology 4: 1-34

Ponder, W.F. & de Keyzer, R.G. 1998. Family Amathinidae. pp. 868-869 in Beesley, P.L., Ross, G.J.B. & Wells, A. (eds). Mollusca: The Southern Synthesis. Fauna of Australia. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 5(Part B) pp. vi–viii, 565–1234.

History of changes

• Amathina Gray, J.E. 1842. Shells of Molluscous Animals. pp. 48-92 in Synopsis of the Contents of the British Museum. London : British Museum 44th Edn. [63, 90].

  Type species:

   Patella tricarinata Linné, 1767 by subsequent designation, see Gray, J.E. 1847. A list of the Genera of Recent Mollusca, their Synonyms and Types. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 15: 129-242 (by Gray, 1847, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 15: 157).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

History of changes

• Patella tricarinata Linnaeus, C. 1767. Systema naturae, per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum caracteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Holmiae [= Stockholm] : L. Salvii Tomus I. Regnum Animale(pars 2) Editio duodecima, reformata [3 vols., 1766–68], pp. 533–1327. [1259].
• Amathina angustata Souverbie, S.M. 1875. Amathina angustata. p. 43 in Souverbie, S.M. & Montrouzier, R.P. Descriptions d'espèces nouvelle de l'Archipel Calédonien. Journal de Conchyliologie 23: 33-44 [43].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP, New Caledonia.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Christiaens, J. 1982. Supplementary notes on Hong Kong limpets. pp. 459-468 in Morton, B.S. & Tseng, C.K. (eds). Proceedings of the First International Marine Biological Workshop: The Marine Flora and Fauna of Hong Kong and Southern China, Hong Kong, 1980. Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press.
• Ponder, W.F. 1987. The anatomy and relationships of the pyramidellacean limpet Amathina tricarinata (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Asian Marine Biology 4: 1-34 [30]

Generic Combinations

• Amathina tricarinata (Linnaeus, 1767). —
  Ponder, W.F. 1987. The anatomy and relationships of the pyramidellacean limpet Amathina tricarinata (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Asian Marine Biology 4: 1-34 [1]

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Japan, Philippines, Red Sea, Mozambique, South Africa, Mediterranean Sea

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

General References

Bergh, R. 1908. Malacologische Untersuchunge. Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen, Theil 2. Wissenschaftliche Resultate. Wiesbaden : C. W. Kreidel Vol. 9 pp. 119-178, pls 9-12. [140]

Dekker, H. & Orlin, Z. 2000. Checklist of Red Sea Mollusca. Spirula 47(Supplement): 1-46

Habe, T. 1962. Trichotropidae of Japan (Mollusca). Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo 6: 65-77 [77]

Hedley, C. 1918. Narrative of an expedition of exploration in North Western Australia by Herbert Basedow. Special Report. Mollusca. Transactions of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, South Australian Branch 18: 263-283 [276]

Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. 1999. Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-bearing Mollusca of Japan. Japan : Elle Scientific Publications 749 pp.

Kuroda, T., Habe T. & Oyama, K. 1971. The Sea Shells of Sagami Bay. Tokyo : Maruzen xix, 741 pp. (Japanese text).

Okutani, T. 2000. Marine mollusks in Japan. Tokyo : Tokai University Press 1173 pp. [731, pl. 364, fig. 1]

Ponder, W.F. 1987. The anatomy and relationships of the pyramidellacean limpet Amathina tricarinata (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Asian Marine Biology 4: 1-34

Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. Shells of the Philippines. Manila : Carfel Seashell Museum 377 pp., 100 pls. [56]

Thiele, J. 1925. Gastropoda der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. Theil 2. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer "Valdivia" 1898–1899 17(2): 1-348, pls 1-34 [98]

Watson, R.B. 1886. Report on the Scaphopoda and Gastropoda collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 15(42): 756 pp., 50 pls [456]

History of changes

• Capulus violacea Angas, G.F. 1867. Descriptions of thirty-two new species of marine shells from the coast of New South Wales. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1867: 110-117, pl. 13 [114, pl. 13, fig. 23].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Long Bay, Sydney, NSW.

Generic Combinations

• Amathina violacea (Angas, 1867). —
  Ponder, W.F. 1987. The anatomy and relationships of the pyramidellacean limpet Amathina tricarinata (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Asian Marine Biology 4: 1-34 [31]
• Capulonix violaceus (Angas, 1867). —
  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 [44, sp. 837]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Central Indo-West Pacific.

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

General References

Grove, S.J., Kershaw, R.C., Smith, B.J. & Turner, E. 2006. A Systematic List of the Marine Molluscs of Tasmania. Launceston, Tasmania : Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery 120 pp. [37, sp. 745]

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 [44, sp. 837]

Jansen, P. 1995. Seashells of Central New South Wales. Townsville pp. 1-129. [82, fig. 345]

Kesteven, H.L. 1902. The protoconchs of certain Port Jackson Gastropoda. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 26(4): 709-716 [714, pl. 35, figs. 7-9]

Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1962. Marine molluscs of Victoria. Melbourne : Melbourne University Press & National Museum of Victoria 475 pp. [130, fig. 154]

May, W.L. 1921. A Checklist of the Mollusca of Tasmania. Hobart, Tasmania : Government Printer 114 pp. [58, sp. 521]

May, W.L. 1923. An illustrated index of Tasmanian shells: with 47 plates and 1052 species. Hobart : Government Printer 100 pp. [Date published 31 July 1923] [pl. 26, fig. 22]

Pritchard, G.B. & Gatliff, J.H. 1906. Catalogue of the marine shells of Victoria. Part IX. With complete index to the whole catalogue. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 18(2): 39–92 [53]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [166, pl. 22, fig. 10]

History of changes

• Leucotina Adams, A. 1860. On some new genera and species of Mollusca from Japan. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 3 5: 405-413 [406].

  Type species:

   Leucotina niphonensis A. Adams, 1860 (=Monoptygma casta A. Adams, 1853.) by monotypy.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

General References

Beu, A.G. 2004. Marine Mollusca of oxygen isotope stages of the last 2 million years in New Zealand. Part 1: Revised generic positions and recognition of warm-water and cool-water migrants. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 34(2): 111-265

History of changes

• Monoptygma amoena Adams, A. 1853. A monograph of the Genus Monoptygma of Lea. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1851(19): 222-224 [223].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1968326 Two shells, "Bolinao, 10 fathoms water, [Philippines], Cuming Collection".

Generic Combinations

• Leucotina amoena (A. Adams, 1853).

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Philippines, Japan

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

General References

Beu, A.G. 2004. Marine Mollusca of oxygen isotope stages of the last 2 million years in New Zealand. Part 1: Revised generic positions and recognition of warm-water and cool-water migrants. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 34(2): 111-265 [234, fig. 25B]

Hedley, C. 1913. Studies of Australian Mollusca. Part XI. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 38: 258–339 [335]

Hori, S. & Tsuchida, E. 1995. A revision of systematic position of genus Leucotina (Gastropoda: Heterostropha). Venus 54: 279-291 [287] (as Leucotina digitalis)

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 [87, sp. 1824]

History of changes

• Monoptygma casta Adams, A. 1853. A monograph of the Genus Monoptygma of Lea. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1851(19): 222-224 [223].
• Monoptygma pura Adams, A. 1853. Family Pyramidellidae. pp. 228-235 in Adams, H. & Adams, A. The genera of Recent Mollusca arranged according to their organization. London : John Van Voorst Vol. 1(Parts I-VIII) pp. 1-256, pls 1-32. [235] [nomen nudum].
• Monoptygma pura Adams, A. 1854. Monographs of the genera Eulima, Niso, Leiostraca, Obeliscus, Pyramidella and Monoptygma. pp. 793-825 in Sowerby, G.B. (ed.). Thesaurus Conchyliorum or monographs of genera of shells. London : Sowerby Vol. 2 pp. 439-899. [820, pl. 172, fig. 33].
• Monoptygma concinna Adams, A. 1853. Family Pyramidellidae. pp. 228-235 in Adams, H. & Adams, A. The genera of Recent Mollusca arranged according to their organization. London : John Van Voorst Vol. 1(Parts I-VIII) pp. 1-256, pls 1-32. [235] [nomen nudum].
• Monoptygma concinna Adams, A. 1854. Monographs of the genera Eulima, Niso, Leiostraca, Obeliscus, Pyramidella and Monoptygma. pp. 793-825 in Sowerby, G.B. (ed.). Thesaurus Conchyliorum or monographs of genera of shells. London : Sowerby Vol. 2 pp. 439-899. [819, pl. 172, fig. 34].
• Actaeon dianae Adams, A. 1853. Family Pyramidellidae. pp. 228-235 in Adams, H. & Adams, A. The genera of Recent Mollusca arranged according to their organization. London : John Van Voorst Vol. 1(Parts I-VIII) pp. 1-256, pls 1-32. [5] [nomen nudum].
• Actaeon dianae Adams, A. 1855. Monographs of Actaeon and Solidula, two genera of gasteropodous Mollusca, from the Cumingian collection. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 22: 58–62 [59].
• leucotina niphonensis Adams, A. 1860. On some new genera and species of Mollusca from Japan. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 3 5: 405-413 [407].
• Leucotina esther Angas, G.F. 1867. Descriptions of thirty-two new species of marine shells from the coast of New South Wales. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1867: 110-117, pl. 13 [116, pl. 13, fig. 31].
• Fossarus bulimoides Tenison-Woods, J.E. 1877. On some new Tasmanian marine shells. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1876: 131–159 [Date published 27 Feb 1877] [148].

  Type data:

   Holotype TMAG E1123/8464 (TM5455) One shell, partly damaged, LOng bay, southern Tasmania.
• Odostomia gigantea Dunker, W. 1877. Mollusca nonnulla nova maris japonici. Malakozoologische Blätter 24: 67-75 [71].
• Rissoa (Ceratia) punctatostriata Tenison-Woods, J. E. 1879. The Molluscan fauna of Tasmania. Journal of the Royal Society of New South Wales 12: 29-56 [35] [as Rissoa punctato-striata Tenison-Woods, 1879].

  Type data:

   Holotype TMAG E1124/8465 (TM5448) One shell, Table Cape, northern Tasmania.
• Acteon austrinus Watson, R.B. 1881. Mollusca of "H.M.S. Challenger" expedition. Part 7. Families Pyramidellidae, Naticidae, Cassidae, Tritonidae. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 15: 217-274 [286].
• Odostomia sulcata Hutton, F.W. 1885. Description of new Tertiary shells. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 17: 313-332 [319, pl. 18, fig. 15] [junior primary synonym of O. sulcata A. Adams, 1860].
• Admete ambigua Hutton, F.W. 1885. Description of new Tertiary shells. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 17: 313-332 [320, pl. 18, fig. 18].
• Acteon praestitus Finlay, H.J. 1924. Some necessary changes in the names of New Zealand Mollusca. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 16: 99-107 [105] (replacement name for odostomia sulcata Hutton, preoccupied).

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Beu, A.G. 2004. Marine Mollusca of oxygen isotope stages of the last 2 million years in New Zealand. Part 1: Revised generic positions and recognition of warm-water and cool-water migrants. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 34(2): 111-265 [111-265] (Full synonymy and type details)

Generic Combinations

• Leucotina casta (A. Adams, 1853). —
  Cotton, B.C. 1959. Chapter 5. South Australian Gastropoda. Marine, Estuarine, land and Freshwater. pp. 332-448 in Cotton, B.C. South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia. Adelaide : South Australian Government Printer 449 pp. [401]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Probably the entire Indo-West Pacific region

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

General References

Adams, A. 1854. Monographs of the genera Eulima, Niso, Leiostraca, Obeliscus, Pyramidella and Monoptygma. pp. 793-825 in Sowerby, G.B. (ed.). Thesaurus Conchyliorum or monographs of genera of shells. London : Sowerby Vol. 2 pp. 439-899. [818, pl. 172, fig. 22]

Beu, A.G. 2004. Marine Mollusca of oxygen isotope stages of the last 2 million years in New Zealand. Part 1: Revised generic positions and recognition of warm-water and cool-water migrants. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 34(2): 111-265

Cotton, B.C. 1959. Chapter 5. South Australian Gastropoda. Marine, Estuarine, land and Freshwater. pp. 332-448 in Cotton, B.C. South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia. Adelaide : South Australian Government Printer 449 pp. [401] (As Leucotina casta)

Grove, S.J., Kershaw, R.C., Smith, B.J. & Turner, E. 2006. A Systematic List of the Marine Molluscs of Tasmania. Launceston, Tasmania : Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery 120 pp. [55, sp. 1234] (As Leucotina concinna)

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 [87, sp. 1825, 1826] (As Leucotina concinna, L. esther)

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 [86, sp. 1823] (As Pupa austrinus)

Macpherson, J.H. & Chapple, E.H. 1951. A systematic list of the marine and estuarine Mollusca of Victoria. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 17: 107-185 [125] (As Leucotina casta )

Ponder, W.F. 1987. The anatomy and relationships of the pyramidellacean limpet Amathina tricarinata (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Asian Marine Biology 4: 1-34 [33]

History of changes

• Leucotina helva Hedley, C. 1900. Studies on Australian Mollusca. Part II. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 25: 495-513 [22 Nov. 1900] [510, pl. 26, figs. 19-22].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.8102 One shell, QLD, Cape Grenville [11°59'S, 143°14'E].

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

IMCRA

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

Marine.

General References

Beu, A.G. 2004. Marine Mollusca of oxygen isotope stages of the last 2 million years in New Zealand. Part 1: Revised generic positions and recognition of warm-water and cool-water migrants. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 34(2): 111-265 [231]

History of changes