• Calopiidae Ponder, W.F. 1999. Calopia (Calopiidae), a new genus and family of estuarine gastropods (Caenogastropoda: Rissooidea) from Australia. Molluscan Research 20(1): 17-60 [18].

  Type genus:

   Calopia Ponder, 1999.

General References

Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. 2005. Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia 47: 1–397 [251]

Hallan, A., Golding, R. & Burghardt, I. 2015. A molecular phylogeny of the Calopiidae (Caenogastropoda: Truncatelloidea), with a taxonomic reassessment of Calopia imitate Ponder, 1999. Journal of Molluscan Studies 81(4): 1–6

Ponder, W.F. 1999. Calopia (Calopiidae), a new genus and family of estuarine gastropods (Caenogastropoda: Rissooidea) from Australia. Molluscan Research 20(1): 17-60 [18]

History of changes

• Calopia Ponder, W.F. 1999. Calopia (Calopiidae), a new genus and family of estuarine gastropods (Caenogastropoda: Rissooidea) from Australia. Molluscan Research 20(1): 17-60 [19].

  Type species:

   Calopia imitata Ponder, 1999 by original designation.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

General References

Ponder, W.F. 1999. Calopia (Calopiidae), a new genus and family of estuarine gastropods (Caenogastropoda: Rissooidea) from Australia. Molluscan Research 20(1): 17-60 [19]

History of changes

• Calopia imitata Ponder, W.F. 1999. Calopia (Calopiidae), a new genus and family of estuarine gastropods (Caenogastropoda: Rissooidea) from Australia. Molluscan Research 20(1): 17-60 [31].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.337879 dry, on Zostera, low tide, Port Stephens, Salamander Bay, New South Wales, Australia [32°43'8.4'S,152°5'24'E].
• Calopia burni Ponder, W.F. 1999. Calopia (Calopiidae), a new genus and family of estuarine gastropods (Caenogastropoda: Rissooidea) from Australia. Molluscan Research 20(1): 17-60 [36].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.337883 dry, on algae, low tide, Western Port, Stony Point jetty, Victoria, Australia [38°24'18'S,145°14'9.6'E].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Hallan, A., Golding, R. & Burghardt, I. 2015. A molecular phylogeny of the Calopiidae (Caenogastropoda: Truncatelloidea), with a taxonomic reassessment of Calopia imitate Ponder, 1999. Journal of Molluscan Studies 81(4): 1–6 [4]

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Cyclostrema contabulata var. [not Tate, 1899]. —
  Pritchard, G.B. & Gatliff, J.H. 1902. Catalogue of the marine shells of Victoria. Part V. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 14(2): 85-138 [100]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Brackish water, marine, seagrass.

General References

Ponder, W.F. 1999. Calopia (Calopiidae), a new genus and family of estuarine gastropods (Caenogastropoda: Rissooidea) from Australia. Molluscan Research 20(1): 17-60 [31-36, figs 1A-D, 2A,B, 3A, 4, 5A-C, 6, 7, 8A-C, 9, 10A,B, 14]

History of changes

• Lucidestea perforata Laseron, C. 1956. The families Rissoinidae and Rissoidae (Mollusca) from the Solanderian and Damperian zoogeographical provinces. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 7(3): 384-484 [449, fig. 170] [junior homonym; not Rissoa perforata Theile, 1925].

  Type data:

   Lectotype AM C.337930 dry, beach, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia [12°28'1.2'S,130°49'58.8'E].
• Calopia laseroni Ponder, W.F. 1999. Calopia (Calopiidae), a new genus and family of estuarine gastropods (Caenogastropoda: Rissooidea) from Australia. Molluscan Research 20(1): 17-60 [39] [replacement name; for Rissoa perforata Thiele, 1925].

  Type data:

   Lectotype AM C 337930, Darwin, NT.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Brackish water, marine.

General References

Ponder, W.F. 1999. Calopia (Calopiidae), a new genus and family of estuarine gastropods (Caenogastropoda: Rissooidea) from Australia. Molluscan Research 20(1): 17-60 [39-44, figs 2C, 3B, 10G,H, 11A-C,E, 13, 14]

History of changes

• Calopia minutissima Ponder, W.F. 1999. Calopia (Calopiidae), a new genus and family of estuarine gastropods (Caenogastropoda: Rissooidea) from Australia. Molluscan Research 20(1): 17-60 [44].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.337878 dry, In short algae, low tide, Darwin, Nightcliff, Northern Territory, Australia [12°22'58.8'S,130°49'58.8'E].

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Algae, brackish water, marine.

General References

Ponder, W.F. 1999. Calopia (Calopiidae), a new genus and family of estuarine gastropods (Caenogastropoda: Rissooidea) from Australia. Molluscan Research 20(1): 17-60 [44-48, figs 2D,E, 3C-E, 5D, 8D,E, 10E,F, 11D,F-H, 12B, 13, 14]

History of changes