Species Abyssothyris wyvillei (Davidson, 1878)

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• Terebratula wyvillei Davidson, T. 1878. Extracts from a report to Professor Wyville Thomson, F.R.S., Director of the Civilian Scientific Staff, on the Brachiopoda dredged by H.M.S. Challenger. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London 27(188): 428-439 [436].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, not found.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

From AMS collection data; also recorded from off SA in 2,600 fathoms (42°42'S, 134°10'E). Also recorded from Chile, Patagonia, and the Falkland Islands.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

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)

Ecological Descriptors

Abyssal, benthic, continental rise, filter-feeder, marine.

 

General References

Cotton, B.C. & Godfrey, F.K. 1943. A systematic list of the Echinodermata, Foraminifera, Hydroida, Brachiopoda of southern Australia. Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia 3: 1-36 [32] (record from off SA)

Foster, M.W. 1974. Recent Antarctic and Subantarctic Brachiopods. Antarctic Research Series 21: 1-189 [56] (needs confirmation; distribution, description, etc)

Richardson, J.R. 1997. Chapter 19. Brachiopods (Phylum Brachiopoda). pp. 999-1027 in Shepherd, S.A. & Davies, M. (eds). Marine invertebrates of Southern Australia. Richmond, SA : South Australian Research and Development Institute & Flora and Fauna of South Australia Handbook Committee Vol. 3 pp. 902-1264. [1013] (fig. 19.9a-c; description, distribution, ecology)

Verco, J.C. 1910. The Brachiopods of South Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 34: 89-99 [94] (recrds from SA, Chili, Patagonia and the Falkland Islands)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)