Species Astralium aureum (Jonas, 1845)
Golden Small Star
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.
- Trochus aurea Jonas, J.H. 1845. Neue conchylien. Malakozoologische Blätter 1845: 169-173 [Nov. 1845] [168].
Type data:
Status unknown, Western Australia. - Carinidae granulata Swainson, W. 1855. On the characters of Astele, a new division in the family of Trochinae or Trochiform shells; together with the description of another species of the same family. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 3: 36-41, pl. 6 [40, pl. 6, figs 5-6].
Type data:
Status unknown, Flinders Island and Bass Strait. - Carinidae ornata Tenison-Woods, J.E. 1876. Description of new Tasmanian shells. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1875: 131–159 [Date published 21 Mar 1876] [153].
Type data:
Status unknown, Tasmania. - Carinidae tasmanica Tenison-Woods, J.E. 1877. On some new Tasmanian marine shells. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1876: 131–159 [Date published 27 Feb 1877] [142].
Type data:
Status unknown, Tasmania.
Generic Combinations
- Micrastraea aurea (Jonas, 1844). —
Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1–109 [35]
Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1962. Marine molluscs of Victoria. Melbourne : Melbourne University Press & National Museum of Victoria 475 pp. [82, fig. 109] - Astralium aureum (Jonas, 1844). —
Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [108, pl. 13, fig. 3]
Distribution
States
South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
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), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)
Ecological Descriptors
Intertidal, marine, shallow subtidal.
General References
Habe, T. 1959. Radulae of four gastropods from South Australia and New Zealand. Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia 3: 37-38 [38]
Macpherson, J.H. 1966. Port Phillip Survey 1957–1963. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 27: 201–288 [213]
Pritchard, G.B. & Gatliff, J.H. 1902. Catalogue of the marine shells of Victoria. Part V. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 14(2): 85-138 [118]
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. [257] (Golden Small Star)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18-Aug-2021 | TURBINIDAE | 23-Sep-2014 | MODIFIED | Mr Des Beechey (AM) Stephanie Baccarella (AM) Dr Peter Middelfart (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) Dr Winston Ponder (AM) |
| 26-Aug-2011 | MODIFIED |