Species Ascorhis tasmanica (Martens, 1858)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Hydrobia tasmanica Martens, E.C. von 1858. Ueber einige Brakwasserbe wohner aus den Umgebungen Venedigs. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 24: 152-208 [185].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, presumed lost, TAS.
• Bythinia victoriae Tenison-Woods, J.E. 1878. On some new marine Mollusca. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 14: 55-65 [65].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) NMV F658 (8 specimens), Lake Conneware, VIC.
• Hydrobia turbinata Petterd, W.F. 1889. Contributions for a systematic catalogue of the aquatic shells of Tasmania. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1888: 60-82 pls 1-4 [77].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) QVM 9:177 (11 specimens), River Styx, TAS; AM C27782 (8 specimens), River Styx, TAS; SAMA D16369 (3 specimens), River Styx, TAS.
• Assiminea pagodella Hedley, C. 1903. Studies on Australian Mollusca. Part VII. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 27: 596-619 [Date published 9 April 1903] [603].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C13534, Manly Lagoon, Sydney, NSW.
• Rissoa procincta Hedley, C. 1908. Studies on Australian Mollusca. Part 10. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 33: 456–489 [469].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C29109, Middle Harbour, Sydney, NSW.

  Secondary source:

   Ponder, W.F. & Clark, G.A. 1988. A morphological and electrophoretic examination of "Hydrobia buccinoides", a variable brackish-water gastropod from temperate Australia (Mollusca : Hydrobiidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 36: 661-689 [664].
• Potamopyrgus ruppiae Hedley, C. 1912. Descriptions of some new or noteworthy shells in the Australian Museum. Records of the Australian Museum 8: 131-160 [140].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) AM C30469 (40+ specimens), Dee Why & Freshwater Lagoons, Sydney, NSW; AM C25122 (12 specimens), Dee Why & Freshwater Lagoons, Sydney, NSW.
• Webbinella bassensis Parr, W.J. 1945. Recent Foraminifera from Barwon Heads, Victoria. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria ns 56: 189-218 [193] [name first errected for egg capsules which were incorrectly described as Foraminifera; corrected in Bell, K.N. & Burn, R. 1979. On the identity of Webbinella bassensis Parr. Victorian Naturalist (Melbourne) 96: 195–199].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV G1251, Barwon Heads, VIC.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Ponder, W.F. & Clark, G.A. 1988. A morphological and electrophoretic examination of "Hydrobia buccinoides", a variable brackish-water gastropod from temperate Australia (Mollusca : Hydrobiidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 36: 661-689 [664]
• Ponder, W.F. 1997. Nomenclatural rectifications in Australian Hydrobiidae. Molluscan Research 18: 67-68 [67]

 

Generic Combinations

• Ascorhis tasmanica (Martens, 1858). —
  Ponder, W.F. 1997. Nomenclatural rectifications in Australian Hydrobiidae. Molluscan Research 18: 67-68 [67]

 

Distribution

States

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

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Coastal, estuary, mud bottom–marine, under stones.

Extra Ecological Information

Coastal lagoons and creeks, marginal marine, on surface of mud, always submerged

 

General References

Bell, K.N. & Burn, R. 1979. On the identity of Webbinella bassensis Parr. Victorian Naturalist 96: 195-199 (identity of egg capsule)

Collins, A.C. 1974. Port Phillip survey 1957-63. Foraminifera. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 35: 1-61 (egg capsules misidentified as Foraminifera)

Ponder, W.F. 1997. Nomenclatural rectifications in Australian Hydrobiidae. Molluscan Research 18: 67-68 [67]

Ponder, W.F. & Clark, G.A. 1988. A morphological and electrophoretic examination of "Hydrobia buccinoides", a variable brackish-water gastropod from temperate Australia (Mollusca : Hydrobiidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 36: 661-689 (ecological notes, anatomy)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jun-2021	TRUNCATELLOIDEA	19-Feb-2015	MODIFIED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
		19-Feb-2015	MODIFIED