Taxonomic Decision for Subspecies Arrangement

• Ponder, W.F. 1978. The unfigured Mollusca of J. Thiele. 1930 published in Die Fauna Sudwest-Australiens. Records of the Western Australian Museum 6(4): 423-441 [431-432]

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), 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), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

History of changes

• Trochus (Astele) rubiginosum Valenciennes, A. 1846. Mollusques. pls 1-24 in Dupetit-Thouars, A.H. (ed.). Voyage autour du monde sur le frigat la Venus commande par Abel Dupetit-Thouars. Atlas de Zoologie, Mollusques. Paris : Gide. [pl. 4, fig. 1].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, South Westen Australia.
• Trochus australis Broderip, W.J. 1835. Description of a new cowry and other Testacea brought to England by the Rev. Archdeacon Scott. The Zoological Journal 5: 330-332 [331, pl. 49, fig. 3] [junior homonym; non Trochus australis Lamarck, 1822].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Garden Island, Western Australia.
• Trochus gemmosus Reeve, L.A. 1842. New species of the genera Trochus and Turbo. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1842: 184-186 [184].
• Trochus nobilis Philippi, R.A. 1849. Kreiselschnecken oder Trochoideen: Trochus. Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz 2(3): 73-120, pls 25-32, 34, 35-39 [pl. 15, fig. 6, published 1846 without a name] [junior homonym; non Trochus nobilis Muenster, 1835].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Western Australia.
• Trochus broderipi Philippi, R.A. 1855. Kreiselschnecken oder Trochoideen: Trochus. Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz 2(3): 249-372 [257] [replacement name; pro Trochus australis Broderip non Lamarck; pl. 38, fig. 5 published 1849 without a name].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Australia.
• Trochus nobilis Philippi, R.A. 1855. Kreiselschnecken oder Trochoideen: Trochus. Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz 2(3): 249-372 [255] (pl. 38, fig. 1 published 1849 without a name).

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Ponder, W.F. 1978. The unfigured Mollusca of J. Thiele. 1930 published in Die Fauna Sudwest-Australiens. Records of the Western Australian Museum 6(4): 423-441 [431]

Generic Combinations

• Calliostoma (Salsipotens) australe (Broderip, 1835). —
  Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1962. Marine molluscs of Victoria. Melbourne : Melbourne University Press & National Museum of Victoria 475 pp. [59, fig. 80]
• Calliostoma australe (Broderip, 1835). —
  Wilson, B.R. & Gillett, K. 1971. Australian shells: illustrating and describing 600 species of marine gastropods found in Australian waters. Sydney : Reed Books 168 pp. [26, pl. 9, figs 5-5a]
• Salsipotens australe (Broderip, 1835). —
  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. [61]
• Calliostoma rubiginosa rubiginosa (Valenciennes, 1846). —
  Ponder, W.F. 1978. The unfigured Mollusca of J. Thiele. 1930 published in Die Fauna Sudwest-Australiens. Records of the Western Australian Museum 6(4): 423-441 [431]
• Astele rubiginosa rubiginosa (Valenciennes, 1846).
• Astele (Astele) rubiginosa rubiginosa (Valenciennes, 1846).
• Calliostoma (Salsipotens) rubiginosum (Valenciennes, 1846). —
  Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [63, pl. 10, fig. 15]
• Calliostoma (Fautor) rubiginosum rubiginosum (Valenciennes, 1846). —
  Jansen, P. 2000. A preliminary checklist of the recent Australian Trochidae. http://www.capricornica.com. http://capricornica.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Trochidae.pdf [no. 222] (date accessed 7-10-11; new combination)
• Salsipotens rubiginosus (Valenciennes, 1846). —
  Cotton, B.C. 1959. South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia. Adelaide : South Australian Government Printer 449 pp. [151, fig. 84]

Distribution

States

South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

IMCRA

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)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

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. [61] (as Salsipotens australe) (Southern Calliostoma)

Cotton, B.C. 1959. South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia. Adelaide : South Australian Government Printer 449 pp. [151] (Rusty Top Shell)

Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1962. Marine molluscs of Victoria. Melbourne : Melbourne University Press & National Museum of Victoria 475 pp. [59] (as Calliostoma (Salsipotens) australe) (Southern Top Shell)

History of changes

• Zizyphinus similare Reeve, L.A. 1863. Monograph of the genus Zizyphinus. pls 2-8 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 14. [pl. 5 sp. 32].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Lizard Island, Queensland.
• Calliostoma excellens Thiele, J. 1930. Gastropoda und Bivalvia. pp. 561-596 in Michaelsen, W. & Hartmayer, R. (eds). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Jena : Gustav Fischer Vol. 5. [565].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM 67364, Houtman Abrolhos, Western Australia.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Ponder, W.F. 1978. The unfigured Mollusca of J. Thiele. 1930 published in Die Fauna Sudwest-Australiens. Records of the Western Australian Museum 6(4): 423-441 [432]

Generic Combinations

• Calliostoma (Salsipotens) similare (Reeve, 1863). —
  Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [63, pl. 10, figs 16a-b]
• Calliostoma (Fautor) rubiginosum similare (Reeve, 1863). —
  Jansen, P. 2000. A preliminary checklist of the recent Australian Trochidae. http://www.capricornica.com. http://capricornica.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Trochidae.pdf [no. 223] (date accessed 7-10-11; new combination)
• Astele (Astele) rubiginosum similare (Reeve, 1863).
• Calliostoma rubiginosa similaris (Reeve, 1863). —
  Ponder, W.F. 1978. The unfigured Mollusca of J. Thiele. 1930 published in Die Fauna Sudwest-Australiens. Records of the Western Australian Museum 6(4): 423-441 [431-432]
• Astele rubiginosa similaris (Reeve, 1863).

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-Malaysia

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

General References

Jansen, P. 2000. A preliminary checklist of the recent Australian Trochidae. http://www.capricornica.com. http://capricornica.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Trochidae.pdf [no. 223] (date accessed 7-10-11)

Ponder, W.F. 1978. The unfigured Mollusca of J. Thiele. 1930 published in Die Fauna Sudwest-Australiens. Records of the Western Australian Museum 6(4): 423-441 [431-432, pl. 2, figs 1-2]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [63, pl. 10, figs 16a-b] (As Caliostoma similare)

History of changes