Species Austrosassia parkinsonia (Perry, 1811)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Septa parkinsonia Perry, G. 1811. Conchology, or the natural history of shells containing a new arrangement of the genera and species, illustrated by coloured engravings, executed from the natural specimens and including the latest discoveries. London : W. Miller 4 pp., 62 pls. [pl. 14, fig. 1].
• Triton fusiformis Kiener, L.C. 1842. 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 : Ballière Vol. 7 pp. 1-130. [36, pl. 5, fig. 2].
• Austrotriton parkinsonius basilicus Iredale, T. 1924. Results from Roy Bell's molluscan collections. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 49(3): 179–279, pls 33–36 [253, pl. 35, fig. 4].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.70726 dry, off Green Cape, New South Wales, Australia [37°16'1.2"S, 150°13'1.2"E].
• Sassia (Sassia) lindneri Parth, M. 1992. Observations on the genus Sassia Bellardi, 1972, and description of a new species. La Conchiglia 24(265): 46-49 [48].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C 164970 dry, off Batemans Bay, New South Wales, Australia [35°46'1.2"S, 150°25'1.2"E].

 

Generic Combinations

• Sassia (Sassia) parkinsonia (Perry, 1811). —
  Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [249, pl. 40, figs 10a-b]
• Austrosassia parkinsonia (Perry, 1811).
• Austrotriton parkinsonia (Perry, 1811).
• Austrosassia parkisonia (Perry, 1811). —
  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 [54]

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Austrosassia basilica auct. (Iredale, 1924). —
  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 [54]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

New Zealand.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

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)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, intertidal, marine, mud-silt, rocks, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

To 150 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. [113, fig. 1]

Beechey, D. 2000. Sassia parkinsonia (Perry, 1811). The seashells of New South Wales website. http://seashellsofnsw.org.au/Ranellidae/Pages/Sassia_parkinsonia.htm (date accessed 13/7/2012)

Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [53, fig. 135]

Henning, T. & Hemmen, J. 1993. Ranellidae and Personidae of the World. Wiesbaden, Germany : V.C. Hemmen 263 pp. [118, pl. 23, fig. 5]

Iredale, T. 1924. Results from Roy Bell's molluscan collections. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 49(3): 179–279, pls 33–36 [253, pl. 35, fig. 4]

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 [54]

Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1962. Marine molluscs of Victoria. Melbourne : Melbourne University Press & National Museum of Victoria 475 pp. [155, fig. 184]

May, W.L. 1923. An illustrated index of Tasmanian shells: with 47 plates and 1052 species. Hobart : Government Printer 100 pp. [Date published 31 July 1923] [fig. 16]

Parth, M. 1992. Observations on the genus Sassia Bellardi, 1972, and description of a new species. La Conchiglia 24(265): 46-49 [48] (as Sassia (Sassia) lindneri)

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [249, pl. 40, figs 10a, b]

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. [78, pl. 53, figs 9, 9a]

 

Common Name References

Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [53] (Parkinson's Triton)

Wilson, B. 2002. A handbook to Australian seashells on seashores east to west and north to south. Sydney : Reed New Holland 185 pp. [128, pl. 129] (Parkinson's Sassia)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jun-2021	TONNOIDEA	01-Aug-2012	MOVED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
01-Jun-2021		13-Jul-2012	MODIFIED
		20-Nov-2013	MODIFIED