Species Amathina violacea (Angas, 1867)

Museums

Regional Maps

• 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.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

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

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		10-Aug-2011	ADDED