Species Amblychilepas oblonga (Menke, 1843)
Oblong Keyhole Limpet
Compiler and date details
September 2014 - Des Beechey & Winston F. Ponder, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
December 2012 - Des Beechey, Peter U. Middelfart, Winston F. Ponder & Stephanie Baccarella, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
- Fissurella oblonga Menke, C.T. 1843. Molluscorum Novae Hollandiae Specimen in Libraria Aulica Hahniana. Hannoverae : Libraria Aulica Hahniana pp. 1-46. [Apr. 1843]. [33].
Type data:
Status unknown, Albany, Western Australia (designated). - Lucapinella pritchardi Hedley, C. 1895. On a molluscan genus new to, and another forgotten from Australia. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria New series 7: 197-200, pl. 111 [198, figs 3-7] [Wilson (1993, p. 53) is in error in placing this species as a synonym on A. nigrita ].
Type data:
Status unknown, Flinders, Western Port, Victoria.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Cotton, B.C. 1959. South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia. Adelaide : South Australian Government Printer 449 pp. [75] (Wilson (1993, p. 53) is in error in placing A. pritchardi as a synonym of A. nigrita)
Generic Combinations
- Amblychilepas oblonga (Menke, 1843). —
Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [53, pl. 6, fig. 6] - Sophismalepas oblonga (Menke, 1843). —
Cotton, B.C. & Godfrey, F.K. 1934. South Australian Shells. Part 10. South Australian Naturalist 15(2): 41-56 [50-51]
Distribution
States
South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
The following record in the AMS collection extends the range given in references cited here into Victoria: Port Campbell VIC (C.373722)
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
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)
Distribution References
Ecological Descriptors
Marine.
General References
Cotton, B.C. 1959. South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia. Adelaide : South Australian Government Printer 449 pp. [74-75, fig. 35] (as Sophismalepas oblonga)
Cotton, B.C. & Godfrey, F.K. 1934. South Australian Shells. Part 10. South Australian Naturalist 15(2): 41-56 [50-51] (as Sophismalepas oblonga)
Torr, C.M. 1914. Radula of some South Australian Gasteropoda. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 38: 362-368 [363]
Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [53, pl. 6, fig. 6]
Common Name References
Cotton, B.C. 1959. South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia. Adelaide : South Australian Government Printer 449 pp. [74] (as Sophismalepas oblonga) (Oblong Keyhole Limpet)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22-Jan-2015 | FISSURELLOIDEA | 04-Sep-2014 | MODIFIED | Mr Des Beechey (AM) Stephanie Baccarella (AM) Dr Peter Middelfart (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) Dr Winston Ponder (AM) |
| 17-Aug-2011 | MODIFIED |