Species Austrotriton subdistorta (Lamarck, 1822)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Triton subdistortus Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de M. 1822. Histoire naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Paris : J.B. Lamarck Vol. 7 711 pp. [186].
• Tritonium granulatum Dunker, G. 1871. Mollusca nova Musei Godeffroy Hamburgensis. Malakozoologische Blätter 18: 150–175 [166].

 

Generic Combinations

• Sassia (Austrotriton) subdistorta (Lamarck, 1822). —
  Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [250, pl. 40, figs 17a-c]
• Negyrina subdistorta (Lamarck, 1822). —
  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]
• Austrotriton subdistorta (Lamarck, 1822).

 

Distribution

States

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

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

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)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, continental slope, marine, rock platforms, rocks, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

Occasionally to 275 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. [114, fig. 9]

Beechey, D. 2000. Sassia subdistorta (Lamarck, 1822). The seashells of New South Wales website. http://seashellsofnsw.org.au/Ranellidae/Pages/Sassia_subdistorta.htm (date accessed 13/7/2012)

Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [55, fig. 140]

Cotton, B.C. & Godfrey, F.K. 1931. South Australian Shell Part 2. South Australian Naturalist 13(1): 5-23 [11, pl. 1, fig. 14]

Henning, T. & Hemmen, J. 1993. Ranellidae and Personidae of the World. Wiesbaden, Germany : V.C. Hemmen 263 pp. [124, pl. 25, fig. 6]

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]

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. 23]

Reeve, L.A. 1844. Monograph of the genus Triton. pls 1-20 in Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologica Iconica. London : Reeve & Bentham Vol. 2. [pl. 1, figs 2a, b]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [250, pl. 40, figs 17a-c]

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]

 

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. [114, fig. 9] (Somewhat-distorted Triton)

Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [55] (Subdistorted Triton)

Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1962. Marine molluscs of Victoria. Melbourne : Melbourne University Press & National Museum of Victoria 475 pp. [164, fig. 197] (Distorted Rock Whelk)

 

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
		04-Dec-2012	MODIFIED