Species Batillaria australis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
Australian Mud Whelk, Southern Mud Creeper
- Cerithium australis Quoy, J.R. & Gaimard, J.P. 1834. Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe exécuté par Ordre du Roi, Pendant les Années 1826-1829. Paris : J. Tastu Zoologie Vol. 3 366 pp. [131, pl. 55, fig. 7].
Type data:
Status unknown, Port Jackson, Sydney, NSW.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Ozawa, T., Köhler, F., Reid, D.G. & Glaubrecht, M. 2009. Tethyan relicts on continental coastlines of the northwestern Pacific Ocean and Australasia: molecular phylogeny and fossil record of batillariid gastropods (Caenogastropoda, Cerithioidea). Zoologica Scripta 38(5): 503-525 [515]
Generic Combinations
- Velacumantus australis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834). —
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 [44, no. 851]
Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [114, pl. 15, fig. 11] - Batillaria australis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) [date accessed 27-9-11; new combination]. —
Beechey, D. 2005. Batillaria australis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834). http://seashellsofnsw.org.au/Batillariidae/Pages/Batillaria_australis.htm
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
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), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40)
Ecological Descriptors
Algal substrate, estuary, herbivore, intertidal, mangroves, marine, mud flats, sand, sand flats, shallow water, sheltered.
Extra Ecological Information
Usually among Zostera weed
General References
Beechey, D. 2005. Batillaria australis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834). http://seashellsofnsw.org.au/Batillariidae/Pages/Batillaria_australis.htm (date accessed 27-9-11)
Bouchet, P. 8 Jan 2013. Batillaria australis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834). In: MolluscaBase (2017). World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=446433 (Accessed on 2017-03-28)
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 [44]
MacIntyre, R.J. 1961. Larval development of Velacumantus australis. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 86: 183-184 [183]
McMichael, D.F. 1960. Shells of the Australian sea-shore. Brisbane : Jacaranda Press 127 pp., 287 figs. [Date published December] [68]
Ozawa, T., Köhler, F., Reid, D.G. & Glaubrecht, M. 2009. Tethyan relicts on continental coastlines of the northwestern Pacific Ocean and Australasia: molecular phylogeny and fossil record of batillariid gastropods (Caenogastropoda, Cerithioidea). Zoologica Scripta 38(5): 503-525 [504-520]
Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [114, pl. 15; fig. 11]
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. [87] (Australian Mud Whelk)
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] (Southern Mud Creeper)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01-Jun-2021 | CERITHIOIDEA | 30-Oct-2018 | MODIFIED | Mr Des Beechey Ingo Burghardt (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri |
| 01-Jun-2021 | BATILLARIIDAE | 13-Jan-2015 | MODIFIED | Dr Winston Ponder (AM) Mr Des Beechey (AM) Dr Peter Middelfart (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) |
| 20-Sep-2011 | MODIFIED |