Species Bembicium nanum (Lamarck, 1822)
Striped-mouth Conniwink
- Trochus nanus Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de M. 1822. Histoire naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Paris : J.B. Lamarck Vol. 7 711 pp. [30].
Type data:
Syntype(s) MHNG 1096/15, seas of New Holland. - Trochus acuminatus Wood, W. 1828. Index Testaceologicus; or A Catalogue of Shells, British and Foreign, arranged according to the Linnean system. London : Taylor Supplement, pp. 1-59, pls 1-8. [16, pl. 5, Trochus fig. 6].
Type data:
Status unknown, Southern Sea. - Trochus planus 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. [274-275, pl. 62, figs 13, 14] [not Gmelin, 1791].
Type data:
Lectotype East Passage, Port Western, Bass Strait [Western Port Bay, Victoria]. - Littorina australis 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] [not Gray, 1826].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH 1968365, New Holland. - Bembicium pictum Philippi, R.A. 1846. Bembicium novum genus molluscorum gastropodorum. Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie 3: 129-133 [132].
Type data:
Lectotype Vandiemensland [Tasmania]. - Risella grisea Philippi, R.A. 1851. Centuria quarta testaceorum novorum. Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie 8: 29-96 [31-32].
Type data:
Lectotype. - Risella crassa Dunker, W. 1861. Beschreibung neuer Mollusken. Malakozoologische Blätter 8: 35-45 [42].
Type data:
Lectotype ZMB, Sydney.
Generic Combinations
- Risella nana (Lamarck, 1822) [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. [6-7, pl. 1, figs 13-16] - Bembicium nanum (Lamarck, 1822) [new combination]. —
Philippi, R.A. 1846. Bembicium novum genus molluscorum gastropodorum. Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie 3: 129-133 [131-132] - Risella plana (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) [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. [5, pl. 1, figs 6, 7] - Bembicium planum (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834) [new combination]. —
Philippi, R.A. 1846. Bembicium novum genus molluscorum gastropodorum. Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie 3: 129-133 [131]
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Risella aurata auct. [misidentification in part not Quoy & Gaimard, 1834]. —
Tenison-Woods, J.E. 1877. Observations on the genus Risella. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1(3): 242-249 - 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] - Risella melanostoma auct. [misidentification in part not Gmelin, 1791]. —
Tryon, G.W. (ed.) 1887. Solariidae, Ianthinidae, Trichotropidae, Scalariidae, Cerithiidae, Rissoidae, Littorinidae. Manual of Conchology. Philadelphia : G.W. Tryon Vol. 9 488 pp., 71 pls. [262-263, pl. 49] - Bembicium melanostoma auct. [misidentification in part not Gmelin, 1791]. —
May, W.L. 1921. A Checklist of the Mollusca of Tasmania. Hobart, Tasmania : Government Printer 114 pp. [48]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, 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), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40)
Ecological Descriptors
Intertidal, marine, rocky shore.
General References
Anderson, D.T. 1961. The reproduction and early life history of the gastropod Bembicium nanum (Lamarck, 1822) (fam. Littorinidae). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 86: 203-206 [203]
Anderson, H. 1958. The gastropod genus Bembicium Phillippi. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 9: 546-568 [558-560]
Bedford, L. 1966. The electron microscopy and cytochemistry of oogenesis and the cytochemistry of embryonic development of the prosobranch gastropod Bembicium nanum L. Journal of Embryology and Experimental Morphology 15: 15-37 [15]
Beechey, D. 2005. Bembicium nanum (Lamarck, 1822). http://seashellsofnsw.org.au/Littorinidae/Pages/Bembicium_nanum.htm (date accessed 31/01/2012)
Braley, H., Anderson, T.A. & Quinn, G.P. 1991. The effect of the grazing gastropod Bembicium nanum on recolonization of algae on an intertidal rock platform. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 103(1): 13-16 [13]
Fretter, V. 1982. Observations on the anatomy of the Littorinid Bembicium. Journal of Molluscan Studies 48: 230-231 [230, fig. 1]
Reid, D.G. 1988. The genera Bembicium and Risellopsis (Gastropoda: Littorinidae) in Australia and New Zealand. Records of the Australian Museum 40: 91-150 [135, 139]
Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [143, pl. 18, fig. 19a-e]
Common Name References
Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1962. Marine molluscs of Victoria. Melbourne : Melbourne University Press & National Museum of Victoria 475 pp. [89] (Striped-mouth Conniwink)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01-Jun-2021 | LITTORINOIDEA | 21-Feb-2012 | MODIFIED | Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) |
| 25-Jan-2012 | MODIFIED |