Species Angaria tyria (Reeve, 1842)
Purple Banded Dolphin Shell, The Tyrian-Purple 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.
- Delphinula tyria 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, figs 1, 6].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 1953.4.7.35-37, Rotten-nest Island, Swan River Settlement, New Holland [ Rottnest, WA] [syntype].
Generic Combinations
- Angaria tyria (Reeve, 1842). —
Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [96, pl. 11, fig. 21a-b]
Distribution
States
Western Australia
IMCRA
Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31)
Ecological Descriptors
Intertidal, marine, reef flats, subtidal.
General References
Ludbrook, N.H. 1978. Quaternary molluscs of the western part of the Eucla Basin. Bulletin of the Geological Survey of Western Australia 125: 1–286 [99, pl. 10, figs 9-11]
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. 6a-b]
Common Name References
Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [96] (Purple Banded 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. 6] (The Tyrian-Purple Delphinula)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18-Aug-2021 | TURBINIDAE | 04-Sep-2014 | MODIFIED | Mr Des Beechey (AM) Stephanie Baccarella (AM) Dr Peter Middelfart (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) Dr Winston Ponder (AM) |
| 08-Aug-2014 | MODIFIED |