Species Austrotriton bassi (Angas, 1869)
Bass's Triton
- Triton bassi Angas, G.F. 1869. Descriptions of twelve new species of land and marine shells from Australia and the Solomon Islands. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1869: 45-49 [21 June 1869] [45, pl. 2, fig. 2].
Type data:
Status unknown, Corner Inlet, Bass Strait, Victoria.
Generic Combinations
- Sassia (Austrotriton) bassi (Angas, 1869). —
Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [249, pl. 40, fig. 16] - Austrotriton bassi (Angas, 1869).
- Gondwanula bassii (Angas, 1869). —
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 [55]
Distribution
States
South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
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
Boulders, continental shelf, marine, rock reef, subtidal.
General References
Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [53, fig. 129]
Henning, T. & Hemmen, J. 1993. Ranellidae and Personidae of the World. Wiesbaden, Germany : V.C. Hemmen 263 pp. [121, pl. 25, fig. 1]
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 [55]
Ludbrook, N.H. 1958. The molluscan fauna of the Pliocene Strata underlying the Adelaide Plains, Part V - Gastropoda (Eratoidae to Scaphandridae). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 81: 43-111 [53, pl. 2, figs 5, 6]
Ludbrook, N.H. 1978. Quaternary molluscs of the western part of the Eucla Basin. Bulletin of the Geological Survey of Western Australia 125: 1–286 [140, pl. 15, figs 15, 16]
Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1962. Marine molluscs of Victoria. Melbourne : Melbourne University Press & National Museum of Victoria 475 pp. [153, fig. 183]
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. 28]
Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [249, pl. 40, fig. 16]
Common Name References
Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [53] (Bass's Triton)
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 | ||
| 08-Mar-2012 | MODIFIED |