Species Angaria delphinus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Lacinate Dolphin Shell, Laciniated Dolphin Shell, The Beautiful Delphinula, The Black-Dyed Delphinula, The Engraved Delphinula, The Imperial Delphinula, The Knobbed Delphinula, The Prickly Delphinula
Compiler and date details
September 2014 - Des Beechey & Winston F. Ponder, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia. Reviewed by Bruce Marshall (Tepapa, New Zealand).
December 2012 - Des Beechey, Peter U. Middelfart, Winston F. Ponder & Stephanie Baccarella, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
- Turbo delphinus Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10, 824 pp. [764, nr. 546].
Type data:
Status unknown, Indian Ocean. - Delphinula laciniata Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de M. 1822. Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Suite des Gastéropodes. Paris : J.B. Lamarck Vol. 6(2) 232 pp. [Date published Apr. 1822] [230-231, nr. 1].
- Delphinula aculeata Reeve, L.A. 1842. Conchologia Systematica or Complete System of Conchology: in which the Lepades and Conchiferous Mollusca are described and classified according to their natural organization and habits. London : Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans Vol. 2 337 pp., pls 131-300. [pl. 212, fig. 8].
Type data:
Status unknown, Island of Ticao, Philippines, under stones on the reefs at low water. - Delphinula formosa Reeve, L.A. 1842. Conchologia Systematica or Complete System of Conchology: in which the Lepades and Conchiferous Mollusca are described and classified according to their natural organization and habits. London : Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans Vol. 2 337 pp., pls 131-300. [pl. 212, fig. 9].
Type data:
Status unknown, Island of Capul, Philippines, under stones on the reefs at low water. - Delphinula incisa Reeve, L.A. 1842. Conchologia Systematica or Complete System of Conchology: in which the Lepades and Conchiferous Mollusca are described and classified according to their natural organization and habits. London : Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans Vol. 2 337 pp., pls 131-300. [pl. 212, fig. 11].
Type data:
Status unknown, Port Essington, North coast of New Holland [Western Australia]. - Delphinula melanacantha Reeve, L.A. 1842. Conchologia Systematica or Complete System of Conchology: in which the Lepades and Conchiferous Mollusca are described and classified according to their natural organization and habits. London : Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans Vol. 2 337 pp., pls 131-300. [pl. 211, fig. 4, pl. 212, fig. 10].
Type data:
Status unknown, Island of Mindanao, Philippines, clefts of rocks and under stone at low water. - Delphinula atrata Reeve, L.A. 1842. Conchologia Systematica or Complete System of Conchology: in which the Lepades and Conchiferous Mollusca are described and classified according to their natural organization and habits. London : Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans Vol. 2 337 pp., pls 131-300. [pl. 212, fig. 12].
Type data:
Status unknown, Philippine Islands, under stones on the reefs at low water. - Delphinula nodosus Reeve, L.A. 1843. Monograph of the genus Delphinula. pls 1-5 in Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologica Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 1. [pl. 2, fig. 8].
Type data:
Status unknown, Isle of Capul, Philippines, reefs at low water. - Delphinula imperialis Reeve, L.A. 1843. Descriptions of new species of Delphinula, a genus of Pectinibranchiate Mollusks (Family Tubinacea). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 10: 102-105 [102] [replacement name; new name for Delphinula melanacantha].
Type data:
Status unknown, ad insulam Mindanao, Philippinarum [=Mindanao, Philippine Islands]. - Delphinula coronata Adams, A. 1850. On the animal of Liotia; with descriptions of new species of Delphinula and Liotia, from the Cumingian Collection. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1850(18): 50-52, pl. 58 [51].
Type data:
Status unknown, Cape Upstart, Queensland.
Generic Combinations
- Angaria delphinus (Linnaeus, 1758). —
Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [96, pl. 7a, fig. 1a-b, pl. 11, fig. 22] - Angaria melanacantha (Reeve, 1842). —
Hylleberg, J & Kilburn, R.N. 2003. Marine Molluscs of Vietnam: Annotations, voucher material, and species in need of verification. Phuket Marine Biological Center Special Publication 28: 1-299 [24]
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-west Pacific
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Lord Howe Province (14), 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
Coral reef, intertidal, marine.
General References
Oostingh, C.H. 1925. Report on a collection of recent shells from Obi and Halmahera, Molluccas. Mededeelingen van de Landbouwhoogeschool te Wageningen 29(1): 1–362 [14-19]
Reeve, L.A. 1843. Monograph of the genus Delphinula. pls 1-5 in Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologica Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 1. [pl. 2, fig. 8] (as Delphinula nodosa)
Reeve, L.A. 1843. Monograph of the genus Delphinula. pls 1-5 in Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologica Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 1. [pl. 1, fig. 1a-b] (as Delphinula imperialis)
Reeve, L.A. 1843. Monograph of the genus Delphinula. pls 1-5 in Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologica Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 1. [pl. 1, figs 3a-b] (as Delphinula aculeata)
Reeve, L.A. 1843. Monograph of the genus Delphinula. pls 1-5 in Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologica Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 1. [pl. 1, fig. 5] (as Delphinula incisa)
Common Name References
Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs. [66, pl. 15, fig. 14] (Laciniated Dolphin Shell)
Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [170] (Lacinate Dolphin Shell)
Reeve, L.A. 1843. Monograph of the genus Delphinula. pls 1-5 in Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologica Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 1. [sp. 1] (as Delphinula imperialis) (The Beautiful Delphinula, The Black-Dyed Delphinula, The Engraved Delphinula, The Imperial Delphinula, The Knobbed Delphinula, The Prickly Delphinula)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18-Aug-2021 | TURBINIDAE | 17-Sep-2014 | MODIFIED | Mr Des Beechey (AM) Stephanie Baccarella (AM) Dr Peter Middelfart (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) Dr Winston Ponder (AM) |
| 20-Nov-2013 | MODIFIED |