Species Bembicium vittatum Philippi, 1846
- Bembicium vittatum Philippi, R.A. 1846. Bembicium novum genus molluscorum gastropodorum. Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie 3: 129-133 [131].
Type data:
Lectotype Adelaide, New Holland. - Risella fimbriata Philippi, R.A. 1851. Centuria quarta testaceorum novorum. Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie 8: 29-96 [32].
- Risella bruni Crosse, H. 1864. Monographie du genre Risella. Journal de Conchyliologie 12: 225-243 [239-240, pl. 11, fig. 3].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 1870.10.26.152, Spencer Gulf, South Australia.
Generic Combinations
- Bembicium bruni (Crosse, 1864) [new combination of synonym]. —
Cotton, B.C. & Godfrey, F.K. 1938. [Title unknown]. Adelaide : Malacological Society of South Australia 44 pp. [10] - Risella vittata (Philippi, 1846) [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. [9, pl. 1, figs 25, 26]
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Risella lutea auct. [misidentification, in part, not Quoy & Gaimard, 1834]. —
Fischer, P. 1879. Genre Risella. pp. 460-463 in Keiner, L.C. (ed.). Spécies general et iconographie des coquilles vivantes. Paris : J.B. Baillière Vol. 11. [463] - Risella melanostoma auct. [misidentification, in part, not Gmelin, 1791]. —
Angas, G.F. 1865. On the marine molluscan fauna of the Province of South Australia, with a list of all the species known up to the present time, together with remarks on their habitats and distribution, etc. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1865: 155-"180" (=190) [172] - 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 melanostoma auct. [misidentification, not Gmelin, 1791]. —
Hedley, C. 1916. A preliminary index of the Mollusca of Western Australia. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Western Australia 1: 152-226 [187] - 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 - Bembicium auratum auct. [misidentification, not Quoy & Gaimard, 1834]. —
Wells, F.E. 1980. The distribution of shallow-water marine prosobranch gastropod molluscs along the coast line of Western Australia. Veliger 22: 232-247 [240]
Distribution
States
South Australia, 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)
Ecological Descriptors
Intertidal, mangroves, marine, mud-silt, rocky shore, salt marsh, sand, sheltered coast.
General References
Reid, D.G. 1988. The genera Bembicium and Risellopsis (Gastropoda: Littorinidae) in Australia and New Zealand. Records of the Australian Museum 40: 91-150 [121-125, figs 9, 10, 11a-d, 12]
Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [144, pl. 18, fig. 23a-b]
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 |