Species Austrolittorina unifasciata (Gray, 1826)
Banded Periwinkle, Blue Australwink
- Littorina unifasciata Gray, J.E. 1826. Mollusca. pp. 474-496 in King, P.P. (ed.). Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia. Performed between the years 1818 and 1822; with Appendix B. London : John Murray Vol. 2 viii 637 pp., 9 pls. [Date published 15 Apr 1826: imprint 1827] [483].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH 1968373, Australia (King George Sound, Western Australia). - Littorina diemenensis Quoy, J.R.C. & Gaimard, J.P. 1833. Voyage de découvertes de l'Astrolabe, exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1826-1829. Paris : J. Tastu Zoologie Vol. 2 pp. 321-686. [479, pl. 33, figs 8-11].
Type data:
Lectotype MNHP, Littoral zone of South Australia, Tasmania and New Zealand. - Litorina acuta Menke, C.T. 1843. Molluscorum Novae Hollandiae Specimen in Libraria Aulica Hahniana. Hannoverae : Libraria Aulica Hahniana pp. 1-46. [Apr. 1843]. [9].
Type data:
Status unknown, Western Australia. - Litorina mauritiana crassior Philippi, R.A. 1847. Abbildungen und Beschreibungen neuer oder wenig gekannter Conchylien. Cassel : Theodor Fischer Vol. 2 pp. 153-232. [165, pl. 3, fig. 17a] [as Litorina mauritiana var. crassior Philippi, 1847].
Type data:
Status unknown, Australia. - Littorina diemenensis pseudolaevis Nevill, G. 1885. Hand List of Mollusca in the Indian Museum, Calcutta. Part 2. Gastropoda. Calcutta : Government Printer pp. 1-306. [141] [new name for L. laevis Reeve, not L. laevis Philippi].
Type data:
Status unknown, New South Wales.
Generic Combinations
- Melarapha diemenensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833). —
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 [38] - Littorina (Austrolittorina) unifasciata Gray, 1826. —
Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [146] - Nodilittorina unifasciata (Gray, 1826). —
Jansen, P. 1995. Seashells of Central New South Wales. Townsville pp. 1-129. [31] - Littorina (Austrolittorina) unifasciata unifasciata (Gray, 1826). —
Rosewater, J. 1970. The family Littorinidae in the Indo-Pacific. Part I. The subfamily Littorininae. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 2(11): 417-506 [467, pls 325, 326, 359-361] (new combination) - Austrolittorina unifasciata (Gray, 1826). —
Reid, D.G. & Williams, S.T. 2004. The subfamily Littorininae (Gastropoda: Littorinidae) in the temperate Southern Hemisphere: The genera Nodilittorina, Austrolittorina and Afrolittorina. Records of the Australian Museum 56: 75-122 [86] - Melarhaphe unifasciata (Gray, 1826) [new combination]. —
Iredale, T. 1915. A commentary on Suter's "Manual of the New Zealand Mollusca". Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 47: 417-497 [Date published 12 July 1915] [447] (in part)
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Littorina diemensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 [subsequent misspelling; unjustified emendation of L. diemenensis Quoy and Gaimard, 1833]. —
Gray, M.E. 1850. Figures of molluscous animals, selected from various authors. London : Longmans, Brown & Green Vol. 4 124 pp. [78] - Littorina laevis auct. [misidentification, not L. laevis Philippi= L. mauritiana Lamarck]. —
Reeve, L.A. 1858. Monograph of the genus Littorina. pls 17, 18 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 10. [pl. 17, fig. 95] - Melarhaphe mauritiana Lamarck, 1822 [misidentification]. —
Iredale, T. 1912. New generic names and new species of marine Mollusca. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 10: 217-228, pl. 9, 3 text figs [223]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Southern QLD to North West Cape, WA
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
Lord Howe Province (14), 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), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40)
Ecological Descriptors
Intertidal, marine, rocky shore, supratidal.
Extra Ecological Information
See Reid (2004) for extensive notes on habitat and life history
General References
Branch, G.M. & Branch, M.L. 1981. Experimental analysis of intraspecific competition in an intertidal gastropod Littorina unifasciata. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 32: 573-589
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 [38]
McKillup, S.C. 1981. Avoidance of the Predatory Whelk Lepsiella scobina albomarginata by Littorina cincta and Littorina unifasciata. The Veliger 24(2): 167-171 [167]
McMahon, R.F. 1992. Microgeographic variation in the shell morphometrics of Nodilittorina unifasciata from southwestern Australia in relation to wave exposure off shore. pp. 107-117 in Grahame, J., Mill, P.J. & Reid, D.G. (eds). Proceedings of the Third International Symposium on Littorinid Biology. London : Malacological Society of London. [107]
Reid, D.G. 2002. Morphological review and phylogenetic analysis of Nodilittorina (Gastropoda: Littorinidae). Journal of Molluscan Studies 68: 259-281
Reid, D.G. & Williams, S.T. 2004. The subfamily Littorininae (Gastropoda: Littorinidae) in the temperate Southern Hemisphere: The genera Nodilittorina, Austrolittorina and Afrolittorina. Records of the Australian Museum 56: 75-122 [86-92, Figs. 4C,D, 6–8, 25A,B]
Rosewater, J. 1970. The family Littorinidae in the Indo-Pacific. Part I. The subfamily Littorininae. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 2(11): 417-506 [467]
Williams, S.T., Reid, D.G. & Littlewood, D.T.J. 2003. A molecular phylogeny of the Littorininae (Gastropoda: Littorinidae): unequal evolutionary rates, morphological parallelism, and biogeography of the Southern Ocean. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 28: 60-86
Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [146, pl. 18, fig. 3]
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. [79] (for Melaraphe unifasciata) (Blue Australwink)
Wilson, B. 2002. A handbook to Australian seashells on seashores east to west and north to south. Sydney : Reed New Holland 185 pp. [104, pl. 105] (Banded Periwinkle)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01-Jun-2021 | LITTORINOIDEA | 13-Feb-2012 | MOVED | Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) |
| 25-Jan-2012 | MODIFIED |