Species Austroharpa (Palamharpa) exquisita (Iredale, 1931)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Palamharpa exquisita Iredale, T. 1931. Australian molluscan notes. No. 1. Records of the Australian Museum 18(4): 201–235, pls xxii–xxv [Date published 29 June] [230, pl. 22, fig. 8].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.57752 dry, off Twofold Bay, New South Wales, Australia [37°4'58.8'S, 149°54'0'E].

 

Generic Combinations

• Austroharpa (Palamharpa) exquisita (Iredale, 1931). —
  Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [138, pl. 30, figs 7a-b]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, continental slope, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

50-274 m

 

General 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. [273]

Beechey, D. 2000. Austroharpa exquisita (Iredale, 1931). http://seashellsofnsw.org.au/Harpidae/Austroharpa_exquisita.htm (date accessed 9/1/2012)

Rehder, H.A. 1973. The family Harpidae of the world. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 3(16): 207-274 [263, pl. 230, fig. 2, pls 233, 237, figs 4, 5]

Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [138]

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. [110]

 

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. [171] (Exquisite Harp)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jun-2021	HARPIDAE	20-Jul-2012	MODIFIED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
		10-Nov-2011	MODIFIED