Species Austroliotia australis (Kiener, 1839)
Southern Wheel Shell, The Southern Austroliotia
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 australis Kiener, L.C. 1839. Scalaria, Cadran (Solarium Lamarck), Rotella, Delphinula. Partie II Genre Cadran (Solium Lamarck). 1-12, pls in Kiener, L.C. (& Fischer, P. partim) (eds). Spécies général et Iconographie des coquilles vivantes, comprenant la collection du Muséum d'histoire Naturelle de Paris, la collection de Lamarck, celle du Prince Massena (appartenant maintenant a M. le Baron B. Delessert) et les découvertes récentes des voyageurs. Paris Vol. 10. [8, pl. 4, fig. 7].
Type data:
Status unknown, Islands of St. Peter and St. Francis, South Australia.
Generic Combinations
- Austroliotia australis (Kiener, 1839). —
Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [98]
Beechey, D. 2004. Austroliotia australis (Kiener, 1839). http://seashellsofnsw.org.au/Turbinidae/Pages/Austroliotia_australis.htm
Distribution
States
New South Wales, 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), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)
Ecological Descriptors
Marine, shallow subtidal, under stones.
General 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. [211-212, fig. 130]
Jenkins, B.W. 1984. Southern Australian Liotiidae. Australian Shell News 47: 3-5 [4, figs 1, 12]
Common Name References
Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [97] (Southern Wheel Shell)
Cotton, B.C. 1959. South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia. Adelaide : South Australian Government Printer 449 pp. [211] (The Southern Austroliotia)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18-Aug-2021 | TURBINIDAE | 19-Sep-2014 | MODIFIED | Mr Des Beechey (AM) Stephanie Baccarella (AM) Dr Peter Middelfart (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) Dr Winston Ponder (AM) |
| 16-Aug-2011 | MODIFIED |