Species Benthoxystus columnarius (Hedley & May, 1908)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Trophon columnarius Hedley, C. & May, W.L. 1908. Mollusca from one hundred fathoms, seven miles off Cape Pillar, Tasmania. Records of the Australian Museum 7: 108-125, pls 22-25 [121, pl. 24, fig. 22].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.28962 dry, off Cape Pillar, Tasmania, Australia [43°13'1.2'S, 148°4'58.8'E].

 

Generic Combinations

• Benthoxystus columnarius (Hedley & May, 1908). —
  Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [50]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

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, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

To 200 m

 

General References

Beechey, D. 2000. Benthoxystus columnarius (Hedley & May, 1908). http://seashellsofnsw.org.au/Trophoninae/Pages/benthoxystus_columnarius.htm (date accessed 26/10/11)

Radwin, G. & D'Atillio, A. 1976. Murex shells of the world, an illustrated guide to the Muricidae. Stanford : Stanford University Press 1-284, 32 pls, 192 text figs. [179]

Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [50]

 

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. [143] (Column Trophon)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jun-2021	MURICIDAE	12-Oct-2011	ADDED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ingo Burghardt (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
		11-Oct-2011	MODIFIED