Genus Amblychilepas Pilsbry, 1890

Museums

Regional Maps

• Amblychilepas Pilsbry, H.A. 1890. Stomatellidae, Scissurellidae, Pleurotomariidae, Haliotidae, Scutellinidae, Addisoniidae, Cocculinidae, Fisurellidae. 1-192, pls 191-145 in Tryon, G.W.& Pilsbry, H.A. (eds). Manual of Conchology. Philadelphia : Conchology Section, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia Vol. 12. [184].

  Type species:

   Fissurella trapezina Sowerby, 1834 by original designation.
• Sophismalepas 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 [182, 219].

  Type species:

   Fissurella nigrita Sowerby, 1835 by original designation.

 

Distribution

States

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

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14), Norfolk Island Province (21), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), 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)

General References

Aktipis, S.W., Boehm, E. & Giribet, G. 2011. Another step towards understanding the slit-limpets (Fissurellidae, Fissurelloidea, Vetigastropoda, Gastropoda): a combined five-gene molecular phylogeny. Zoologica Scripta 40(3): 238-259

Moore, R.C. (ed.) 1960. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part I. Mollusca 1. Boulder, Colorado & Lawrence, Kansas : Geological Society of America & University of Kansas Press xxiii + 351 pp. [I230-I231]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [53]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
22-Jan-2015	FISSURELLOIDEA	02-Jan-2015	MODIFIED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Stephanie Baccarella (AM) Dr Peter Middelfart (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) Dr Winston Ponder (AM)
		17-Aug-2011	MODIFIED