Species Bembicium auratum (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)
Gold-mouthed Conniwink, Gold-mouthed Top Shell
- Trochus auratum 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. [276-277, pl. 62, figs 15-19].
Type data:
Lectotype MNHP, D'Entrecasteaux Channel, Van Diemen's Island [Tasmania]. - Littorina imbricata Gray, J.E. 1839. Molluscous Animals, and their shells. pp. 101-155, pls 33-44 in Beechey, F.W. (ed.). The Zoology of Captain Beechey's Voyage compiled from the collections and notes made by Captain Beechey, the officers and naturalist of the expedition, during a voyage to the Pacific and Behring's Straits performed in His Majesty's Ship Blossom under the command of Captain F. W. Beechey, R. N., F. R. S., &c. in the years 1825, 26, 27, and 28. London : H.G. Bohn. [141].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH 1968366. - Trochus cicatricosus Philippi, R.A. 1843. Abbildungen und Beschriebungen neuer oder wenig gekannter Conchylien. Cassel : Theodor Fischer Vol. 1 pp. 21-76. [66, Trochus pl. 2, fig. 2].
Type data:
Status unknown, New Holland. - Risella kielmannsegi Dunker, W. & Zelebor, J. 1866. Bericht über die von der Novara-Expedition mitgebrachten Mollusken. Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 16: 909-916 [913].
Type data:
Status unknown, Botany Bay, New South Wales. - Bembicium nodulosum Musgrave, A. 1929. Life in a mangrove swamp. Australian Museum Magazine 3: 341-347 [344].
Generic Combinations
- Risella aurata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) [new combination]. —
Crosse, H. 1864. Monographie du genre Risella. Journal de Conchyliologie 12: 225-243 [233-234] - Bembicium auratum (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834). —
Macpherson, J.H. & Chapple, E.H. 1951. A systematic list of the marine and estuarine Mollusca of Victoria. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 17: 107-185 [118] (new combination) - Risella imbricata (Gray, 1839) [new combination]. —
Philippi, R.A. 1853. Die Gattung Risella. pp. 1-10, pl. 1 in Küster, H.C. (ed). Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 2. [4-5, pl. 1, figs 4, 5] - Bembicium imbricatum (Gray, 1839) [new combination]. —
Philippi, R.A. 1846. Bembicium novum genus molluscorum gastropodorum. Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie 3: 129-133 [132-133] - Bembicium kielmannsegi (Zelebor in Dunker & Zelebor, 1866) [new combination]. —
Iredale, T. 1936. Australian molluscan notes. No. 2. Records of the Australian Museum 19(5): 267-340, pls 20-24 [289]
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Bembicium melanostoma auct. [misidentification, in part, not Gmelin, 1791]. —
Philippi, R.A. 1846. Bembicium novum genus molluscorum gastropodorum. Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie 3: 129-133 [130] - Risella melanostoma auct. [misidentification, in part, not Gmelin, 1791]. —
Philippi, R.A. 1853. Die Gattung Risella. pp. 1-10, pl. 1 in Küster, H.C. (ed). Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 2. [8] - Littorina melanostoma auct. [misidentification, in part, not Gmelin, 1791]. —
Tenison-Woods, J.E. 1879. On some Australian Littorinidae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1: 55-72 [61-65] - Bembicium luteum auct. [misidentification, in part, not Quoy & Gaimard, 1834]. —
Philippi, R.A. 1846. Bembicium novum genus molluscorum gastropodorum. Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie 3: 129-133 [132] - Risella lutea auct. [misidentification, in part, not Quoy & Gaimard, 1834]. —
Philippi, R.A. 1853. Die Gattung Risella. pp. 1-10, pl. 1 in Küster, H.C. (ed). Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 2. [4]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
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), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Estuary, intertidal, mangroves, marine, mud, rocky shore.
General References
Anderson, D.T. 1962. The reproduction and early life histories of the gastropods Bembicium auratum (Quoy and Gaimard) (Fam. Littorinidae), Cellana tramoserica (Sower.) (Fam. Patellidae) and Melanerita melanotragus (Smith) (Fam. Neritidae). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 87: 62-68 [62-63]
Anderson, H. 1958. The gastropod genus Bembicium Phillippi. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 9: 546-568 [560-565]
Beechey, D. 2005. Bembicium auratum (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834). http://seashellsofnsw.org.au/Littorinidae/Pages/Bembicium_auratum.htm (date accessed 31/01/2012)
Branch, G.M. & Branch, M.L. 1980. Competition in Bembicium auratum (Gastropoda) and its effect on microalgal standing stock in mangrove mud. Oecologia (Heidelberg) 46: 106-114 [106]
Fretter, V. 1982. Observations on the anatomy of the Littorinid Bembicium. Journal of Molluscan Studies 48: 230-231 [230]
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]
Reid, D.G. 1988. The genera Bembicium and Risellopsis (Gastropoda: Littorinidae) in Australia and New Zealand. Records of the Australian Museum 40: 91-150 [125, 129]
Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [143, pl. 18, figs 21a, b]
Common Name References
Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [94, pl. 289] (Gold-mouthed Top Shell)
Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1962. Marine molluscs of Victoria. Melbourne : Melbourne University Press & National Museum of Victoria 475 pp. [49] (Gold-mouthed Conniwink)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01-Jun-2021 | LITTORINOIDEA | 27-Oct-2015 | MODIFIED | Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) |
| 25-Jan-2012 | MODIFIED |