• Cerithiopsidae Adams & Adams, 1853.

  Type genus:

   Cerithiopsis Forbes & Hanley, 1850.

General References

Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. 2005. Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia 47: 1–397 [254]

Cotton, B.C. 1959. South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia. Adelaide : South Australian Government Printer 449 pp. [362]

Marshall, B. A. 1978. Cerithiopsidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of New Zealand, and a provisional classification of the family. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 5: 47-120 [58-61]

Nützel, A. 1997. Über die Stammesgeschichte der Ptenoglossa (Gastropoda). Berliner Geowissenschaftliche Abhandlungen E 26: 1-229 [28-29]

Wells, F.E. 1998. Superfamily Triphoroidea. pp. 808-811 in Beesley, P.L., Ross, G.J.B. & Wells, A. (eds). Mollusca: The Southern Synthesis. Fauna of Australia. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 5(Part B) pp. vi–viii, 565–1234. [811]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [255]

History of changes

• Ataxocerithium Tate, R. 1894. Brief diagnoses of Mollusca from Central Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 18: 191-194 [Nov. 1894].

  Type species:

   Cerithium serotinum Adams, 1855 by original designation.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific

IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14), Central Western Shelf Province (29), 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)

General References

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 [44]

Nützel, A. 1997. Über die Stammesgeschichte der Ptenoglossa (Gastropoda). Berliner Geowissenschaftliche Abhandlungen E 26: 1-229 [51-52, 115]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [256]

History of changes

• Ataxocerithium applenum Iredale, T. 1936. Australian molluscan notes. No. 2. Records of the Australian Museum 19(5): 267-340, pls 20-24 [291, pl. 21, fig. 19].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.60633 dry, off Green Cape, New South Wales, Australia [37°16'1.2"S, 150°13'1.2"E].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), 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

Continental shelf, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

36-128 m

General References

Gabriel, C.J. 1962. Additions to the marine molluscan fauna of south eastern Australia including descriptions of new genus Pillarginella, six new marine species and two subspecies. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 25: 177–210, 1 pl. [Date published 1 May 1962] [181]

Garrard, T.A. 1961. Mollusca collected by M. V. "Challenger" off the east coast of Australia. Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia 5: 3–38 [12]

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 [44]

Loch, I. 1992. Ataxocerithium. Australian Shell News 78: 1-3 [2]

Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1962. Marine molluscs of Victoria. Melbourne : Melbourne University Press & National Museum of Victoria 475 pp. [111]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [256]

History of changes

• Ataxocerithium beasleyi Cotton, B.C. & Godfrey, F.K. 1938. New species of South Australian Gastropoda. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 6(2): 199-206 [204-5].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA D.13435, Cape Borda, SA.

Distribution

States

South Australia, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, continental slope, marine, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

To 300 m

General References

Loch, I. 1992. Ataxocerithium. Australian Shell News 78: 1-3 [2]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [256]

History of changes

• Ataxocerithium brazieri Cossmann, M. 1906. Essais de paléoconchologie comparée. Paris : Cossmann Vol. 7 261 pp. [92] [Substitute name for homonym Ataxocerithium abbreviatum (fossil).].

  Secondary source:

   Hedley, C. 1923. Studies on Australian Mollusca. Part XIV. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 48: 301-316, pls 30-33 [310].
• Cerithium abbreviatum Brazier, J. 1877. Shells collected during the Chevert Expedition. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1(4): 311-321 [316].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Katow, New Guinea.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Lifou, Papua New Guinea.

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, marine, mud-silt, sand.

General References

Hedley, C. 1923. Studies on Australian Mollusca. Part XIV. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 48: 301-316, pls 30-33 [310]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [256]

History of changes

• Ataxocerithium eximium Houbrick, R.S. 1987. Description of a new, giant Ataxocerithium species from Australia with remarks on the systematic placement of the genus (Prosobranchia: Cerithiopsidae). Nautilus 101: 155-161 [157, fig. 1-16].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.142394 dry, south east of Botany Bay, New South Wales, Australia.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IMCRA

Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental slope, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

310-605 m.

General References

Loch, I. 1992. Ataxocerithium. Australian Shell News 78: 1-3 [2]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [256]

History of changes

• Ataxocerithium gemmulatum Woolacott, L. 1957. Notes on Australian shells. Proceedings of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales 1955-1956: 112-117, pl. 3 [115, figs 1, 2].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.102801 dry, Gerringong, New South Wales, Australia [34°45'0"S, 150°49'58.8"E].

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, marine, on sponges.

General References

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 [44]

Loch, I. 1992. Ataxocerithium. Australian Shell News 78: 1-3 [2]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [256]

History of changes

• Cerithium serotina Sowerby, G.B. (ed.) 1854. Thesaurus Conchyliorum or monographs of genera of shells. London : Sowerby Vol. 2 pp. 439-899. [861, pl. 180, fig. 102] [A. Adams in Sowerby 1855].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Van Diemens Land (Tasmania).
• Cerithium rhodostoma Sowerby, G.B. (ed.) 1854. Thesaurus Conchyliorum or monographs of genera of shells. London : Sowerby Vol. 2 pp. 439-899. [861, pl. 180, fig. 103].
• Cerithium tubulus Dunker, G. 1871. Mollusca nova Musei Godeffroy Hamburgensis. Malakozoologische Blätter 18: 150–175 [152].
• Ataxocerithium conturbatum Iredale, T. 1936. Australian molluscan notes. No. 2. Records of the Australian Museum 19(5): 267-340, pls 20-24 [290, pl. 21, fig. 17].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.60632 dry, Sydney Harbour, New South Wales, Australia [33°51'0"S, 151°13'58.8"E].
• Ataxocerithium scruposum Iredale, T. 1936. Australian molluscan notes. No. 2. Records of the Australian Museum 19(5): 267-340, pls 20-24 [291, pl. 21, fig. 18].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.60634 dry, off Green Cape, New South Wales, Australia.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Loch, I. 1992. Ataxocerithium. Australian Shell News 78: 1-3

Generic Combinations

• Ataxocerithium serotinum (Adams, 1855). —
  Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [256]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14), Central Western Shelf Province (29), 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

Carnivorous, marine, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

Living on sponges below tide level; living on "orange finger sponges", "red sponges" and "white sponges"

General References

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 [44]

Loch, I. 1992. Ataxocerithium. Australian Shell News 78: 1-3 [1]

Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1962. Marine molluscs of Victoria. Melbourne : Melbourne University Press & National Museum of Victoria 475 pp. [109,111]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [257]

Common Name References

Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [48, pl. 111] (Little Sponge Creeper)

Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1962. Marine molluscs of Victoria. Melbourne : Melbourne University Press & National Museum of Victoria 475 pp. [109, 111] (Square-mouthed Creeper)

History of changes

• Euseila Cotton, B.C. 1951. Australian Recent and Tertiary Mollusca, family Cerithiopsidae. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 9(4): 383-396 [387].

  Type species:

   Euseila pileata Cotton, 1951 by original designation.
• Binda Laseron, 1951.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

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), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

General References

Marshall, B. A. 1978. Cerithiopsidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of New Zealand, and a provisional classification of the family. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 5: 47-120 [68]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [261]

History of changes

• Cerithiopsis cacuminatus Hedley, C. & Petterd, W.P. 1906. Mollusca from three hundred fathoms, off Sydney. Records of the Australian Museum 6: 211-225 [218, pl. 37, fig. 4] [according to (PB1211) belongs to genus Zaclys].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.24459 dry, 23 mls east of South Head, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia [33°51'0"S, 151°41'31.2"E].

Generic Combinations

• Binda cacuminata (Hedley & Petterd, 1906). —
  Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [260]
• Cerithiella cacuminata (Hedley & Petterd, 1906).
• Zaclys cacuminatus (Hedley & Petterd, 1906). —
  Cotton, B.C. 1951. Australian Recent and Tertiary Mollusca, family Cerithiopsidae. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 9(4): 383-396 [393] (New combination)

Introduction

Incertain status.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

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), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental slope, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

274-548 m

General References

Cotton, B.C. 1951. Australian Recent and Tertiary Mollusca, family Cerithiopsidae. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 9(4): 383-396 [393]

Cotton, B.C. 1959. South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia. Adelaide : South Australian Government Printer 449 pp. [363]

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 [45]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [260]

History of changes

• Euseila pileata Cotton, B.C. 1951. Australian Recent and Tertiary Mollusca, family Cerithiopsidae. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 9(4): 383-396.

Generic Combinations

• Binda tasmantis (Laseron, 1951).

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

55-64 m

General References

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 [45]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [260]

History of changes

• Cerithiopsis Forbes, E. & Hanley, S. 1850. A history of British Mollusca, and their shells. London : John van Voorst Vol.3. [3(32): pl. 00 [1 Aug. 1850]; 3(34): pl. 91 [2 Dec. 1850]; 3(36): 364 [1 Feb. 1851]].

  Type species:

   Murex tubercularis Montagu, 1803 by monotypy.
• Conciliopsis Laseron, C. 1956. The Family Cerithiopsidae (Mollusca) from the Solanderian and Dampierian Zoogeographical Provinces. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 7(1): 151-182, figs 1-57 [164].

  Type species:

   Conciliopsis carrota Laseron, 1956 by original designation.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo Pacific

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

General References

ICZN 2014. OPINION 2329 (Case 3532). Murex tubercularis Montagu, 1803 (currently Cerithiopsis tubercularis; Mollusca, Gastropoda, CERITHIOPSIDAE): proposed conservation of usage of the specific name by designation of a neotype not approved. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 71(1): 44-45

Marshall, B. A. 1978. Cerithiopsidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of New Zealand, and a provisional classification of the family. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 5: 47-120 [82-83]

Nützel, A. 1997. Über die Stammesgeschichte der Ptenoglossa (Gastropoda). Berliner Geowissenschaftliche Abhandlungen E 26: 1-229 [29-30]

History of changes

• Cerithiopsis brunnea Thiele, J. 1930. Gastropoda und Bivalvia. pp. 561-596 in Michaelsen, W. & Hartmayer, R. (eds). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Jena : Gustav Fischer Vol. 5. [576, fig. 29].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Sharks Bay, south Western Australia.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Province (29)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

General References

Thiele, J. 1930. Gastropoda und Bivalvia. pp. 561-596 in Michaelsen, W. & Hartmayer, R. (eds). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Jena : Gustav Fischer Vol. 5. [576]

History of changes

• Conciliopsis carrota Laseron, C. 1956. The Family Cerithiopsidae (Mollusca) from the Solanderian and Dampierian Zoogeographical Provinces. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 7(1): 151-182, figs 1-57.

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.7273 dry, Australia, Queensland, Great Barrier Reef, Claremont Group, Morris (Eclipse) Island [13°28'58.8"S, 143°43'1.2"E].

Generic Combinations

• Conciliopsis carrota Laseron, 1956.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

General References

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [257]

History of changes

• Opimilda porrigata Laseron, C. 1951. The New South Wales Pyramidellidae and the genus Mathilda. Records of the Australian Museum 22(4): 298-334, figs 1-98 [332, fig. 82].

  Type data:

   Lectotype AM C.103222, off Point Halliday, New South Wales, Australia [32°4'30"S, 152°33'E].

  Subsequent designation references:

  Bieler, R. 1995. Mathildidae from New Caledonia and the Loyalty Islands (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Heterobranchia). pp. 595-641 in Bouchet, P. (ed.). Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM, 14. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] 167: 1-654 [635].

Generic Combinations

• Cerithiopsis porrigata (Laseron, 1951) [Ponder pers. comm.].

Distribution

States

New South Wales

IMCRA

Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

General References

Bieler, R. 1995. Mathildidae from New Caledonia and the Loyalty Islands (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Heterobranchia). pp. 595-641 in Bouchet, P. (ed.). Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM, 14. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] 167: 1-654 [635]

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 [86]

History of changes

• Cerithiopsis stylifera Thiele, J. 1930. Gastropoda und Bivalvia. pp. 561-596 in Michaelsen, W. & Hartmayer, R. (eds). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Jena : Gustav Fischer Vol. 5. [576, fig. 30].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Shark Bay, south Western Australia.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Province (29)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

General References

Thiele, J. 1930. Gastropoda und Bivalvia. pp. 561-596 in Michaelsen, W. & Hartmayer, R. (eds). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Jena : Gustav Fischer Vol. 5. [576]

History of changes

• Clathropsis Laseron, C. 1956. The Family Cerithiopsidae (Mollusca) from the Solanderian and Dampierian Zoogeographical Provinces. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 7(1): 151-182, figs 1-57 [159].

  Type species:

   Clathropsis impedita Laseron, 1956 by original designation.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

General References

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 [45]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [258]

History of changes

• Cerithiopsis alternata Laseron, C. 1951. Revision of the New South Wales Cerithiopsidae. Australian Zoologist 11(4): 351-368, pls 35-37, text figs 37-41 [355, pl. 35, fig. 12].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.102759 dry, Port Stephens, New South Wales, Australia [32°42'0"S, 152°4'58.8"E].

Generic Combinations

• Clathropsis alternata (Laseron, 1951). —
  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 [45, sp. 870]

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine, sand, shelly bottom.

General References

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 [45]

History of changes

• Cerithiopsis bicarinata Laseron, C. 1951. Revision of the New South Wales Cerithiopsidae. Australian Zoologist 11(4): 351-368, pls 35-37, text figs 37-41 [358, pl. 36, fig. 16].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) AM C.102741 dry, Sydney north, Collaroy, off Long Reef, New South Wales, Australia [33°45'0"S, 151°19'1.2"E].

Generic Combinations

• Clathropsis bicarinata (Laseron, 1951). —
  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 [45, sp. 871]

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

25 m

General References

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 [45]

History of changes

• Clathropsis darwinensis Laseron, C. 1956. The Family Cerithiopsidae (Mollusca) from the Solanderian and Dampierian Zoogeographical Provinces. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 7(1): 151-182, figs 1-57 [161-2, fig. 15].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.102763 dry, beach, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia [12°28'1.2"S, 130°49'58.8"E].

Distribution

States

Northern Territory

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

General References

Laseron, C. 1956. The Family Cerithiopsidae (Mollusca) from the Solanderian and Dampierian Zoogeographical Provinces. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 7(1): 151-182, figs 1-57 [161-2]

History of changes

• Clathropsis impedita Laseron, C. 1956. The Family Cerithiopsidae (Mollusca) from the Solanderian and Dampierian Zoogeographical Provinces. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 7(1): 151-182, figs 1-57 [159-60, fig. 9,10].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.96346 dry, Great Barrier Reef, Capricorn Group, Masthead Island, Queensland, Australia [23°31'58.8"S, 151°45'0"E].

Distribution

States

Queensland

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

General References

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [258]

History of changes

• Clathropsis maritima Laseron, C. 1956. The Family Cerithiopsidae (Mollusca) from the Solanderian and Dampierian Zoogeographical Provinces. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 7(1): 151-182, figs 1-57 [161, fig. 14].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.102762 dry, Caloundra, Queensland, Australia [26°49'1.2"S, 153°10'1.2"E].

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine, sand, shelly bottom.

General References

Laseron, C. 1956. The Family Cerithiopsidae (Mollusca) from the Solanderian and Dampierian Zoogeographical Provinces. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 7(1): 151-182, figs 1-57 [161]

History of changes

• Clathropsis mellita Laseron, C. 1956. The Family Cerithiopsidae (Mollusca) from the Solanderian and Dampierian Zoogeographical Provinces. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 7(1): 151-182, figs 1-57 [160, fig. 11].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.20824 dry, Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia [24°52'1.2"S, 152°20'60"E].

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

General References

Laseron, C. 1956. The Family Cerithiopsidae (Mollusca) from the Solanderian and Dampierian Zoogeographical Provinces. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 7(1): 151-182, figs 1-57 [160]

History of changes

• Cerithiopsis quinquepilia Laseron, C. 1951. Revision of the New South Wales Cerithiopsidae. Australian Zoologist 11(4): 351-368, pls 35-37, text figs 37-41 [357, pl. 35, figs 10, 10a].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) AM C.102749 dry, Sydney north, Collaroy, off Long Reef, New South Wales, Australia [33°45'0"S, 151°19'1.2"E].

Generic Combinations

• Tubercliopsis quinquepilia (Laseron, 1951). —
  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 [45]
• Clathropsis quinquepilia (Laseron, 1951).

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

25 m

General References

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 [45]

History of changes

• Clathropsis thornleyana Laseron, C. 1956. The Family Cerithiopsidae (Mollusca) from the Solanderian and Dampierian Zoogeographical Provinces. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 7(1): 151-182, figs 1-57 [162, fig. 16].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.102744 dry, Port Curtis, Gladstone, Queensland, Australia [23°55'1.2"S, 151°22'58.8"E].

Distribution

States

Queensland

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

General References

Laseron, C. 1956. The Family Cerithiopsidae (Mollusca) from the Solanderian and Dampierian Zoogeographical Provinces. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 7(1): 151-182, figs 1-57 [162]

History of changes

• Cerithiopsis tripilia Laseron, C. 1951. Revision of the New South Wales Cerithiopsidae. Australian Zoologist 11(4): 351-368, pls 35-37, text figs 37-41 [355, pl. 35, fig. 5].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) AM C.102756 dry, Sydney, Port Jackson, North Harbour, New South Wales, Australia [33°48'28.8"S, 151°16'30"E].

Generic Combinations

• Clathropsis tripilia (Laseron, 1951). —
  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 [45, sp. 869]

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

General References

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 [45]

History of changes

• Clathropsis turreta Laseron, C. 1956. The Family Cerithiopsidae (Mollusca) from the Solanderian and Dampierian Zoogeographical Provinces. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 7(1): 151-182, figs 1-57 [160-1, fig. 12,13].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.102746 dry, Great Barrier Reef, Capricorn Group, Masthead Island, Queensland, Australia [23°31'58.8"S, 151°45'0"E].

Distribution

States

Queensland

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

General References

Laseron, C. 1956. The Family Cerithiopsidae (Mollusca) from the Solanderian and Dampierian Zoogeographical Provinces. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 7(1): 151-182, figs 1-57 [160-1]

History of changes

• Altispecula Powell, W.B. 1930. New species of New Zealand Mollusca from shallow-water dredgings. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 60: 532-543, pls 60-62 [Date published 31 March] [539].

  Type species:

   Cerithiopsis geniculosus Hedley, 1911 by original designation.

Distribution

States

South Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33)

General References

Cotton, B.C. 1959. South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia. Adelaide : South Australian Government Printer 449 pp. [362]

Marshall, B. A. 1978. Cerithiopsidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of New Zealand, and a provisional classification of the family. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 5: 47-120 [74]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [257]

History of changes

• Cerithiopsis geniculosus Hedley, C. 1911. Report on the Mollusca obtained by the F.I.S. 'Endeavour' chiefly off Cape Wiles South Australia. Part 1. Zoological Results of the Fisheries Experiments carried out by F.I.S. "Endeavour" 1: 89-114 [110, pl. 19, fig. 28,29].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) AM C.31888 dry, 40 ml south of Cape Wiles, South Australia, Australia [35°39'0"S, 136°49'58.8"E]; AM C.96353 dry, 40 ml south of Cape Wiles, South Australia, Australia [35°39'0"S, 136°49'58.8"E].

Generic Combinations

• Altispecula geniculose (Hedley, 1911). —
  Cotton, B.C. 1959. South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia. Adelaide : South Australian Government Printer 449 pp. [362]

Distribution

States

South Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

In 183 m

General References

Cotton, B.C. 1959. South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia. Adelaide : South Australian Government Printer 449 pp. [362]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [257]

History of changes

• Horologica Laseron, C. 1956. The Family Cerithiopsidae (Mollusca) from the Solanderian and Dampierian Zoogeographical Provinces. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 7(1): 151-182, figs 1-57 [172-3].

  Type species:

   Horologica bicolor Laseron, 1956 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Reunion.

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Christmas Island Province (23), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

General References

Marshall, B. A. 1978. Cerithiopsidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of New Zealand, and a provisional classification of the family. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 5: 47-120 [86]

Nützel, A. 1997. Über die Stammesgeschichte der Ptenoglossa (Gastropoda). Berliner Geowissenschaftliche Abhandlungen E 26: 1-229 [35]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [258]

History of changes

• Horologica albino Laseron, C. 1956. The Family Cerithiopsidae (Mollusca) from the Solanderian and Dampierian Zoogeographical Provinces. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 7(1): 151-182, figs 1-57 [173, fig. 42].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.102712 dry, Great Barrier Reef, Michaelmas Cay, Queensland, Australia [16°36'0"S, 145°58'58.8"E].

Distribution

States

Queensland

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

General References

Laseron, C. 1956. The Family Cerithiopsidae (Mollusca) from the Solanderian and Dampierian Zoogeographical Provinces. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 7(1): 151-182, figs 1-57 [173]

History of changes

• Horologica bicolor Laseron, C. 1956. The Family Cerithiopsidae (Mollusca) from the Solanderian and Dampierian Zoogeographical Provinces. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 7(1): 151-182, figs 1-57 [173, fig. 41].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.102711 dry, Great Barrier Reef, Michaelmas Cay, Queensland, Australia [16°36'0"S, 145°58'58.8"E].

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Reunion.

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

General References

Jay, M. & Drivas, J. 2002. The Cerithiopsidae (Gastropoda) of Reunion Island (Indian Ocean). Novapex 3(1): 1-45 [23]

Laseron, C. 1956. The Family Cerithiopsidae (Mollusca) from the Solanderian and Dampierian Zoogeographical Provinces. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 7(1): 151-182, figs 1-57 [173]

History of changes

• Horologica bipartita Laseron, C. 1956. The Family Cerithiopsidae (Mollusca) from the Solanderian and Dampierian Zoogeographical Provinces. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 7(1): 151-182, figs 1-57 [175, fig. 43].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.102714 dry, on sponges under stones, Bowen, Queensland, Australia [20°1'1.2"S, 148°15'0"E].

Distribution

States

Queensland

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine, on sponges, under stones.

Extra Ecological Information

Crawling on sponges

General References

Laseron, C. 1956. The Family Cerithiopsidae (Mollusca) from the Solanderian and Dampierian Zoogeographical Provinces. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 7(1): 151-182, figs 1-57 [175]

History of changes

• Horologica macrocephala Laseron, C. 1956. The Family Cerithiopsidae (Mollusca) from the Solanderian and Dampierian Zoogeographical Provinces. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 7(1): 151-182, figs 1-57 [177, fig. 49].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.102713 dry, beach, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia [12°28'1.2"S, 130°49'58.8"E].

Distribution

States

Northern Territory

Extra Distribution Information

Reunion.

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Christmas Island Province (23), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

183 m

General References

Jay, M. & Drivas, J. 2002. The Cerithiopsidae (Gastropoda) of Reunion Island (Indian Ocean). Novapex 3(1): 1-45 [23]

Laseron, C. 1956. The Family Cerithiopsidae (Mollusca) from the Solanderian and Dampierian Zoogeographical Provinces. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 7(1): 151-182, figs 1-57 [177]

History of changes

• Horologica minareta Laseron, C. 1956. The Family Cerithiopsidae (Mollusca) from the Solanderian and Dampierian Zoogeographical Provinces. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 7(1): 151-182, figs 1-57.

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.102717 dry, Great Barrier Reef, Michaelmas Cay, Queensland, Australia [16°36'0"S, 145°58'58.8"E].

Distribution

States

Queensland

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

General References

Jay, M. & Drivas, J. 2002. The Cerithiopsidae (Gastropoda) of Reunion Island (Indian Ocean). Novapex 3(1): 1-45 [24]

Laseron, C. 1956. The Family Cerithiopsidae (Mollusca) from the Solanderian and Dampierian Zoogeographical Provinces. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 7(1): 151-182, figs 1-57 [177]

History of changes

• Cerithiopsis perligera Thiele, J. 1930. Gastropoda und Bivalvia. pp. 561-596 in Michaelsen, W. & Hartmayer, R. (eds). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Jena : Gustav Fischer Vol. 5. [576, fig. 28].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Sharks Bay, SA.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Province (29)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

General References

Australian Museum 2011. Mollusca: loose leaf system. [Cerithiopsidae 2]

History of changes

• Cerithiopsis pinea Hedley, C. 1909. Mollusca from the Hope Islands, north Queensland. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 34(1): 420–466, pls 36–44 [440-1, pl. 40, fig. 55].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.27332 dry, Great Barrier Reef, Cairns Reef lagoon and between Cairns Reef and Hope Island, Queensland, Australia [15°42'0"S, 145°30'0"E].

Generic Combinations

• Horologica pinea (Hedley, 1909). —
  Laseron, C. 1956. The Family Cerithiopsidae (Mollusca) from the Solanderian and Dampierian Zoogeographical Provinces. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 7(1): 151-182, figs 1-57 [177, fig. 50]
• Joculator pinea (Hedley, 1909). —
  Oliver, W.R.B. 1915. The Mollusca of the Kermadec Islands. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 47: 509-568 [522]

Distribution

States

Queensland

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, marine, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

9-30 m

General References

Laseron, C. 1956. The Family Cerithiopsidae (Mollusca) from the Solanderian and Dampierian Zoogeographical Provinces. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 7(1): 151-182, figs 1-57 [177-8]

Oliver, W.R.B. 1915. The Mollusca of the Kermadec Islands. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 47: 509-568 [522]

History of changes

• Horologica pinea nigrophyla Laseron, C. 1956. The Family Cerithiopsidae (Mollusca) from the Solanderian and Dampierian Zoogeographical Provinces. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 7(1): 151-182, figs 1-57 [178, fig. 51].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) AM C.102716 dry, under coral, Great Barrier Reef, Capricorn Group, Heron Island, Queensland, Australia [23°25'58.8"S, 151°56'60"E].

Introduction

Status uncertain. Likely invalid.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, coral, marine, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

Under coral blocks.

General References

Laseron, C. 1956. The Family Cerithiopsidae (Mollusca) from the Solanderian and Dampierian Zoogeographical Provinces. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 7(1): 151-182, figs 1-57 [178]

History of changes

• Horologica purpurea Laseron, C. 1956. The Family Cerithiopsidae (Mollusca) from the Solanderian and Dampierian Zoogeographical Provinces. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 7(1): 151-182, figs 1-57 [175-6, fig. 44].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.102715 dry, Great Barrier Reef, Capricorn Group, Heron Island, Queensland, Australia [23°25'58.8"S, 151°56'60"E].

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Reunion.

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

General References

Jay, M. & Drivas, J. 2002. The Cerithiopsidae (Gastropoda) of Reunion Island (Indian Ocean). Novapex 3(1): 1-45 [24]

Laseron, C. 1956. The Family Cerithiopsidae (Mollusca) from the Solanderian and Dampierian Zoogeographical Provinces. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 7(1): 151-182, figs 1-57 [175-6]

History of changes

• Cerithiopsis telegraphica Hedley, C. 1909. Mollusca from the Hope Islands, north Queensland. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 34(1): 420–466, pls 36–44 [441, pl. 40, fig. 56].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) AM C.27338 dry, Great Barrier Reef, Cairns Reef lagoon and between Cairns Reef and Hope Island, Queensland, Australia [15°42'0"S, 145°30'0"E].

Generic Combinations

• Horologica telegraphica (Hedley, 1909). —
  Laseron, C. 1956. The Family Cerithiopsidae (Mollusca) from the Solanderian and Dampierian Zoogeographical Provinces. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 7(1): 151-182, figs 1-57 [177, fig. 48]

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine, subtidal.

General References

Laseron, C. 1956. The Family Cerithiopsidae (Mollusca) from the Solanderian and Dampierian Zoogeographical Provinces. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 7(1): 151-182, figs 1-57 [177]

History of changes

• Cerithiopsis westiana Hedley, C. 1909. Mollusca from the Hope Islands, north Queensland. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 34(1): 420–466, pls 36–44 [442, pl. 40, fig. 58].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.27337 dry, Great Barrier Reef, Cairns Reef lagoon and between Cairns Reef and Hope Island, Queensland, Australia [15°42'0"S, 145°30'0"E].

Generic Combinations

• Horologica westiana (Hedley, 1909). —
  Laseron, C. 1956. The Family Cerithiopsidae (Mollusca) from the Solanderian and Dampierian Zoogeographical Provinces. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 7(1): 151-182, figs 1-57 [176, fig. 46]

Distribution

States

Queensland

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine, subtidal.

General References

Laseron, C. 1956. The Family Cerithiopsidae (Mollusca) from the Solanderian and Dampierian Zoogeographical Provinces. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 7(1): 151-182, figs 1-57 [176, fig. 46]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [258]

History of changes

• Joculator Hedley, C. 1909. Mollusca from the Hope Islands, north Queensland. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 34(1): 420–466, pls 36–44 [pl.3, fig. 442].

  Type species:

   Cerithiopsis ridicula Watson, 1886 by original designation.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo Pacific

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Province (29), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

General References

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 [45]

Laseron, C. 1956. The Family Cerithiopsidae (Mollusca) from the Solanderian and Dampierian Zoogeographical Provinces. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 7(1): 151-182, figs 1-57 [167]

Marshall, B. A. 1978. Cerithiopsidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of New Zealand, and a provisional classification of the family. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 5: 47-120 [85]

Nützel, A. 1997. Über die Stammesgeschichte der Ptenoglossa (Gastropoda). Berliner Geowissenschaftliche Abhandlungen E 26: 1-229 [40]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [257]

History of changes

• Cerithiopsis abbreviata Thiele, J. 1930. Gastropoda und Bivalvia. pp. 561-596 in Michaelsen, W. & Hartmayer, R. (eds). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Jena : Gustav Fischer Vol. 5. [576, fig. 32].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Shark's Bay, WA.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Province (29)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

General References

Australian Museum 2011. Mollusca: loose leaf system. [Cerithiopsidae 3]

Thiele, J. 1930. Gastropoda und Bivalvia. pp. 561-596 in Michaelsen, W. & Hartmayer, R. (eds). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Jena : Gustav Fischer Vol. 5. [576]

History of changes

• Joculator albordina Laseron, C. 1956. The Family Cerithiopsidae (Mollusca) from the Solanderian and Dampierian Zoogeographical Provinces. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 7(1): 151-182, figs 1-57 [170, fig. 32].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.102702 dry, Great Barrier Reef, Michaelmas Cay, Queensland, Australia [16°36'0"S, 145°58'58.8"E].

Distribution

States

Queensland

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

General References

Laseron, C. 1956. The Family Cerithiopsidae (Mollusca) from the Solanderian and Dampierian Zoogeographical Provinces. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 7(1): 151-182, figs 1-57 [170]

History of changes

• Cerithiopsis albula Thiele, J. 1930. Gastropoda und Bivalvia. pp. 561-596 in Michaelsen, W. & Hartmayer, R. (eds). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Jena : Gustav Fischer Vol. 5. [575, fig. 27].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Sharks Bay, WA.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Province (29)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

General References

Australian Museum 2011. Mollusca: loose leaf system. [Cerithiopsidae 3]

Thiele, J. 1930. Gastropoda und Bivalvia. pp. 561-596 in Michaelsen, W. & Hartmayer, R. (eds). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Jena : Gustav Fischer Vol. 5. [575]

History of changes

• Joculator continens Laseron, C. 1956. The Family Cerithiopsidae (Mollusca) from the Solanderian and Dampierian Zoogeographical Provinces. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 7(1): 151-182, figs 1-57 [168, fig. 26].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.102703 dry, on sponges under stones, Bowen, Queensland, Australia [20°1'1.2"S, 148°15'0"E].

Distribution

States

Queensland

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine, on sponges, under rocks.

Extra Ecological Information

Crawling on sponges

General References

Laseron, C. 1956. The Family Cerithiopsidae (Mollusca) from the Solanderian and Dampierian Zoogeographical Provinces. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 7(1): 151-182, figs 1-57 [168]

History of changes

• Joculator flindersi Cotton, B.C. 1951. Australian Recent and Tertiary Mollusca, family Cerithiopsidae. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 9(4): 383-396 [390, pl. 28, fig. 6].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA D.14,423, North west Cape of Borda, SA.

Distribution

States

South Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

In 100 m

General References

Cotton, B.C. 1959. South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia. Adelaide : South Australian Government Printer 449 pp. [363]

History of changes

• Joculator gracilis Laseron, C. 1951. Revision of the New South Wales Cerithiopsidae. Australian Zoologist 11(4): 351-368, pls 35-37, text figs 37-41 [363, pl. 37, figs 30, 31].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) AM C.102701 dry, Sydney, Georges River, Dolls Point, New South Wales, Australia [34°0'0"S, 151°9'0"E].

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine, on algae, shallow subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

Seaweed

General References

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 [45]

History of changes

• Joculator hedleyi Laseron, C. 1951. Revision of the New South Wales Cerithiopsidae. Australian Zoologist 11(4): 351-368, pls 35-37, text figs 37-41 [362, pl. 37, fig. 27].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) AM C.102700 dry, Sydney, Middle Harbour above The Spit, New South Wales, Australia [33°48'28.8"S, 151°13'58.8"E].

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

General References

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 [45]

History of changes

• Joculator introspecta Cotton, B.C. 1951. Australian Recent and Tertiary Mollusca, family Cerithiopsidae. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 9(4): 383-396 [389, pl. 28, fig. 5].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA D.14,422, north West Cape of Borda, SA.

Distribution

States

South Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

100 m

General References

Cotton, B.C. 1959. South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia. Adelaide : South Australian Government Printer 449 pp. [363]

History of changes

• Joculator melania Laseron, C. 1956. The Family Cerithiopsidae (Mollusca) from the Solanderian and Dampierian Zoogeographical Provinces. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 7(1): 151-182, figs 1-57 [169, fig. 28].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.102704 dry, on sponges under stones, Bowen, Queensland, Australia [20°1'1.2"S, 148°15'0"E].

Distribution

States

Queensland

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine, on sponges, under rocks.

Extra Ecological Information

Crawling on sponges

General References

Laseron, C. 1956. The Family Cerithiopsidae (Mollusca) from the Solanderian and Dampierian Zoogeographical Provinces. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 7(1): 151-182, figs 1-57 [169]

History of changes

• Joculator minima Laseron, C. 1956. The Family Cerithiopsidae (Mollusca) from the Solanderian and Dampierian Zoogeographical Provinces. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 7(1): 151-182, figs 1-57 [172, fig. 40].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.102706 dry, Great Barrier Reef, Cairns Reef lagoon and between Cairns Reef and Hope Island, Queensland, Australia [15°42'0"S, 145°30'0"E].

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Reunion.

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine, subtidal.

General References

Jay, M. & Drivas, J. 2002. The Cerithiopsidae (Gastropoda) of Reunion Island (Indian Ocean). Novapex 3(1): 1-45 [12]

Laseron, C. 1956. The Family Cerithiopsidae (Mollusca) from the Solanderian and Dampierian Zoogeographical Provinces. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 7(1): 151-182, figs 1-57 [172]

History of changes

• Joculator minor Laseron, C. 1951. Revision of the New South Wales Cerithiopsidae. Australian Zoologist 11(4): 351-368, pls 35-37, text figs 37-41 [362, pl. 37, fig. 28].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) AM C.102708 dry, Sydney, Kogarah Bay, Carss Park (=Carrs Park), New South Wales, Australia [33°59'27.6"S, 151°6'57.6"E].

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

General References

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 [45]

History of changes

• Joculator ovata Laseron, C. 1956. The Family Cerithiopsidae (Mollusca) from the Solanderian and Dampierian Zoogeographical Provinces. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 7(1): 151-182, figs 1-57 [170-1, fig. 33].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.102705 dry, Great Barrier Reef, Cairns Reef lagoon and between Cairns Reef and Hope Island, Queensland, Australia [15°42'0"S, 145°30'0"E].

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Japan.

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine, subtidal.

General References

Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. 1999. Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-bearing Mollusca of Japan. Japan : Elle Scientific Publications 749 pp. [172]

History of changes

• Cerithiopsis ridicula Watson, R.B. 1886. Report on the Scaphopoda and Gastropoda collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 15(42): 756 pp., 50 pls [528, pl. 38, fig. 1].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, off Wednesday Is., Torres Strait.

Generic Combinations

• Joculator ridicula (Watson, 1886). —
  Laseron, C. 1956. The Family Cerithiopsidae (Mollusca) from the Solanderian and Dampierian Zoogeographical Provinces. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 7(1): 151-182, figs 1-57 [167]

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Fiji, Hawaiian Islands, Japan

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine, shallow subtidal, subtidal.

General References

Cotton, B.C. 1951. Australian Recent and Tertiary Mollusca, family Cerithiopsidae. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 9(4): 383-396 [389]

Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. 1999. Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-bearing Mollusca of Japan. Japan : Elle Scientific Publications 749 pp. [172]

Kay, E.A. 1979. Hawaiian marine shells. Reef and shore fauna of Hawaii. Section 4 : Mollusca. Honolulu, Hawaii : Bishop Museum Press Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publication Vol. 64(4) 653 pp. [127-128, fig. 46 G]

Laseron, C. 1956. The Family Cerithiopsidae (Mollusca) from the Solanderian and Dampierian Zoogeographical Provinces. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 7(1): 151-182, figs 1-57 [167]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [258]

History of changes

• Joculator subula Laseron, C. 1956. The Family Cerithiopsidae (Mollusca) from the Solanderian and Dampierian Zoogeographical Provinces. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 7(1): 151-182, figs 1-57 [168, fig. 27].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.170233 dry, on sponges under stones, Bowen, Queensland, Australia [20°1'1.2"S, 148°15'0"E].

Distribution

States

Queensland

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine, on sponges, rocks, under rocks.

Extra Ecological Information

Found with J. continens on sponges

General References

Laseron, C. 1956. The Family Cerithiopsidae (Mollusca) from the Solanderian and Dampierian Zoogeographical Provinces. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 7(1): 151-182, figs 1-57 [168]

History of changes

• Joculator tomacula Laseron, C. 1956. The Family Cerithiopsidae (Mollusca) from the Solanderian and Dampierian Zoogeographical Provinces. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 7(1): 151-182, figs 1-57 [171, fig. 34,35].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.102699 dry, Great Barrier Reef, Michaelmas Cay, Queensland, Australia [16°36'0"S, 145°58'58.8"E].

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

General References

Laseron, C. 1956. The Family Cerithiopsidae (Mollusca) from the Solanderian and Dampierian Zoogeographical Provinces. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 7(1): 151-182, figs 1-57 [171]

History of changes

• Joculator tomacula negrita Laseron, C. 1956. The Family Cerithiopsidae (Mollusca) from the Solanderian and Dampierian Zoogeographical Provinces. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 7(1): 151-182, figs 1-57 [171, fig. 36].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.102698 dry, on sponges under stones, Bowen, Queensland, Australia [20°1'1.2"S, 148°15'0"E].

Distribution

States

Queensland

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine, on sponges, under rocks.

Extra Ecological Information

Crawling on sponges.

General References

Laseron, C. 1956. The Family Cerithiopsidae (Mollusca) from the Solanderian and Dampierian Zoogeographical Provinces. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 7(1): 151-182, figs 1-57 [171, fig. 36]

History of changes

• Joculator tomacula propinqua Laseron, C. 1956. The Family Cerithiopsidae (Mollusca) from the Solanderian and Dampierian Zoogeographical Provinces. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 7(1): 151-182, figs 1-57 [172, fig. 37,38].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.102707 dry, Great Barrier Reef, Cairns Reef lagoon and between Cairns Reef and Hope Island, Queensland, Australia [15°42'0"S, 145°30'0"E].

Distribution

States

Queensland

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

General References

Laseron, C. 1956. The Family Cerithiopsidae (Mollusca) from the Solanderian and Dampierian Zoogeographical Provinces. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 7(1): 151-182, figs 1-57 [172, figs 37,38]

History of changes

• Cerithiopsis tribulationalis Hedley, C. 1909. Mollusca from the Hope Islands, north Queensland. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 34(1): 420–466, pls 36–44 [441, pl. 40, fig. 57].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) AM C.170448 dry, Great Barrier Reef, Cairns Reef lagoon and between Cairns Reef and Hope Island, Queensland, Australia [15°42'0"S, 145°30'0"E]; AM C.27333 dry, Great Barrier Reef, Cairns Reef lagoon and between Cairns Reef and Hope Island, Queensland, Australia [15°42'0"S, 145°30'0"E].

Generic Combinations

• Joculator tribulationalis (Hedley, 1909). —
  Laseron, C. 1956. The Family Cerithiopsidae (Mollusca) from the Solanderian and Dampierian Zoogeographical Provinces. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 7(1): 151-182, figs 1-57 [172]
• Cyrbasia (Joculator) tribulationalis (Hedley, 1909). —
  Ladd, H.S. 1972. Cenozoic fossil mollusks from western Pacific islands; Gastropods (Turritellidae through Strombidae). United States Geological Survey Professional Papers 532: 1-79, 20 pls [43, pl. 11, fig. 4]

Distribution

States

Queensland

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine, subtidal.

General References

Laseron, C. 1956. The Family Cerithiopsidae (Mollusca) from the Solanderian and Dampierian Zoogeographical Provinces. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 7(1): 151-182, figs 1-57 [172]

History of changes

• Joculator varians Laseron, C. 1956. The Family Cerithiopsidae (Mollusca) from the Solanderian and Dampierian Zoogeographical Provinces. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 7(1): 151-182, figs 1-57 [169-70, fig. 29-31].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.102697 dry, Great Barrier Reef, Cairns Reef lagoon and between Cairns Reef and Hope Island, Queensland, Australia [15°42'0"S, 145°30'0"E].

Distribution

States

Queensland

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Coral, marine, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

Under coral blocks

General References

Laseron, C. 1956. The Family Cerithiopsidae (Mollusca) from the Solanderian and Dampierian Zoogeographical Provinces. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 7(1): 151-182, figs 1-57 [169-70]

History of changes

• Paraseila Laseron, C. 1951. Revision of the New South Wales Cerithiopsidae. Australian Zoologist 11(4): 351-368, pls 35-37, text figs 37-41 [367].

  Type species:

   Paraseila heronensis Laseron, 1951 by original designation.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40)

General References

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [260]

History of changes

• Paraseila ampulla Laseron, C. 1956. The Family Cerithiopsidae (Mollusca) from the Solanderian and Dampierian Zoogeographical Provinces. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 7(1): 151-182, figs 1-57 [180-1, fig. 57].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.102718 dry, Great Barrier Reef, Capricorn Group, Masthead Island, Queensland, Australia [23°31'58.8"S, 151°45'0"E].

Distribution

States

Queensland

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

General References

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [260]

History of changes

• Cerithiopsis halligani Hedley, C. 1905. Mollusca from One Hundred and Eleven Fathoms, East of Cape Byron, New South Wales. Records of the Australian Museum 6: 41-54 figs 5-22 [51, fig. 16].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.19876 dry, 12.5 ml east of Cape Byron, New South Wales, Australia [28°37'58.8"S, 153°52'1.2"E].

Generic Combinations

• Paraseila halligani (Hedley, 1905). —
  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 [46]
• Notoseila halligani (Hedley, 1905). —
  Cotton, B.C. 1951. Australian Recent and Tertiary Mollusca, family Cerithiopsidae. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 9(4): 383-396 [392] (New combination)

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, continental slope, marine, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

14-203 m

General References

Cotton, B.C. 1959. South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia. Adelaide : South Australian Government Printer 449 pp. [363]

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 [46]

Laseron, C. 1951. Revision of the New South Wales Cerithiopsidae. Australian Zoologist 11(4): 351-368, pls 35-37, text figs 37-41 [365]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [260]

History of changes

• Paraseila heronensis Laseron, C. 1951. Revision of the New South Wales Cerithiopsidae. Australian Zoologist 11(4): 351-368, pls 35-37, text figs 37-41 [367, fig. 39,39a].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.96350 dry, under coral, Great Barrier Reef, Capricorn Group, Heron Island, Queensland, Australia [23°25'58.8"S, 151°56'60"E].

Distribution

States

Queensland

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Ecological Descriptors

Coral, intertidal, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Living under coral blocks.

General References

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [260]

History of changes

• Pilaflexis Laseron, C. 1951. Revision of the New South Wales Cerithiopsidae. Australian Zoologist 11(4): 351-368, pls 35-37, text figs 37-41 [361].

  Type species:

   Pilaflexis regularis Laseron, 1951 by original designation.

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

General References

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 [45]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [260]

History of changes

• Pilaflexis oculis Laseron, C. 1951. Revision of the New South Wales Cerithiopsidae. Australian Zoologist 11(4): 351-368, pls 35-37, text figs 37-41 [361, pl. 36, figs 22, 22a].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) AM C.102728 dry, Sydney, Georges River, off Dolls Point, New South Wales, Australia [34°0'0"S, 151°9'0"E].

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine, subtidal.

General References

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 [45]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [260]

History of changes

• Pilaflexis regularis Laseron, C. 1951. Revision of the New South Wales Cerithiopsidae. Australian Zoologist 11(4): 351-368, pls 35-37, text figs 37-41 [361, pl. 36, figs 21, 21a].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) AM C.96351 dry, off Point Halliday, New South Wales, Australia [32°4'30"S, 152°33'0"E].

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, marine, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

To 25 m

General References

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 [45]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [260]

History of changes

• Potenatomus Laseron, C. 1956. The Family Cerithiopsidae (Mollusca) from the Solanderian and Dampierian Zoogeographical Provinces. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 7(1): 151-182, figs 1-57 [178].

  Type species:

   Potenatomus caputmere Laseron, 1956 by original designation.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indian Ocean

IMCRA

Christmas Island Province (23), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

General References

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 [45]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [258]

History of changes

• Potenatomus caputumere Laseron, C. 1956. The Family Cerithiopsidae (Mollusca) from the Solanderian and Dampierian Zoogeographical Provinces. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 7(1): 151-182, figs 1-57 [178, fig. 52].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.102726 dry, off North West Cape, Western Australia, Australia [,].

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

In 97 m

General References

Laseron, C. 1956. The Family Cerithiopsidae (Mollusca) from the Solanderian and Dampierian Zoogeographical Provinces. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 7(1): 151-182, figs 1-57 [178]

History of changes

• Joculator nanus Laseron, C. 1951. Revision of the New South Wales Cerithiopsidae. Australian Zoologist 11(4): 351-368, pls 35-37, text figs 37-41 [363, pl. 37, fig. 29].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) AM C.102709 dry, Sydney, Georges River, Dolls Point, New South Wales, Australia [34°0'0"S, 151°9'0"E].

Generic Combinations

• Potenatomus nanus (Laseron, 1951). —
  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 [45, sp. 878]

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

General References

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 [45]

History of changes

• Potenatomus secundus Laseron, C. 1956. The Family Cerithiopsidae (Mollusca) from the Solanderian and Dampierian Zoogeographical Provinces. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 7(1): 151-182, figs 1-57 [178-9, fig. 53].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.102727 dry, Christmas Island, Australia [10°25'58.8"S, 105°40'1.2"E].

Distribution

IMCRA

Christmas Island Province (23)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

In 183 m

General References

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [258]

History of changes

• Prolixodens Marshall, B. A. 1978. Cerithiopsidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of New Zealand, and a provisional classification of the family. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 5: 47-120 [90].

  Type species:

   Cerithiopsis infracolor Laseron, 1951 by original designation.
• Cerithiopsis dannevigi Hedley, C. 1911. Report on the Mollusca obtained by the F.I.S. 'Endeavour' chiefly off Cape Wiles South Australia. Part 1. Zoological Results of the Fisheries Experiments carried out by F.I.S. "Endeavour" 1: 89-114 [109, pl. 19, fig. 26,27] [according to (PB1211) belongs to genus Zaclys].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.100986 dry, 40 ml south of Cape Wiles, South Australia, Australia [35°39'0"S, 136°49'58.8"E].

Generic Combinations

• Zaclys dannevigi (Hedley, 1911). —
  Cotton, B.C. & Godfrey, F.K. 1931. South Australian shells. South Australian Naturalist 12(4): 51-63 [47] (New combination)

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

New Zealand

IMCRA

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)

General References

Marshall, B. A. 1978. Cerithiopsidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of New Zealand, and a provisional classification of the family. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 5: 47-120 [90]

History of changes

• Cerithiopsis dannevigi Hedley, C. 1911. Report on the Mollusca obtained by the F.I.S. 'Endeavour' chiefly off Cape Wiles South Australia. Part 1. Zoological Results of the Fisheries Experiments carried out by F.I.S. "Endeavour" 1: 89-114.

Generic Combinations

• Prolixodens dannevigi (Hedley, 1911).
• Zaclys dannevigi (Hedley, 1911). —
  Cotton, B.C. & Godfrey, F.K. 1931. South Australian shells. South Australian Naturalist 12(4): 51-63 [47]
• Tubercliopsis dannevigi (Hedley, 1911). —
  Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [259]

Distribution

States

South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IMCRA

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)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

183 m

General References

Cotton, B.C. 1959. South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia. Adelaide : South Australian Government Printer 449 pp. [363]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [259]

History of changes

• Cerithiopsis infracolor Laseron, C. 1951. Revision of the New South Wales Cerithiopsidae. Australian Zoologist 11(4): 351-368, pls 35-37, text figs 37-41 [357, pl. 36, fig. 13].

  Type data:

   Lectotype AM C.102748 dry, Sydney north, Collaroy, off Long Reef, New South Wales, Australia [33°45'0"S, 151°19'1.2"E].

Generic Combinations

• Prolixodens infracolor (Laseron, 1951) [new combination]. —
  Marshall, B. A. 1978. Cerithiopsidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of New Zealand, and a provisional classification of the family. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 5: 47-120 [91]
• Tubercliopsis infracolor (Laseron, 1951) [new combination]. —
  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 [45]

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

New Zealand

IMCRA

Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

In 25 m

General References

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 [45]

Marshall, B. A. 1978. Cerithiopsidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of New Zealand, and a provisional classification of the family. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 5: 47-120 [91, figs 3MN, 4EF, 15H-JL; table 24]

History of changes

• Seila Adams, A. 1861. On some new species of Eulima, Leiostraca, and Cerithiopsis from Japan. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 3 7: 125-131 [131].

  Type species:

   Triphoris dextroversus Adams & Reeve by subsequent designation, see Dall, W.H. 1889. Reports on the results of dredgings, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877–78) and in the Caribbean Sea (1879–80), by the U.S. Coast Survey Steamer 'Blake'. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 18: 1–492, pls 10–40 [250].
• Notoseila Finlay, H.J. 1926. A further commentary on New Zealand molluscan systematics. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 57: 320-485 pls 18-23 [Issued separately 23 Dec 1926; but Vol. 57 issued 10 March, 1927] [382, 385].

  Type species:

   Cerithiopsis terebelloides Hutton, 1873 by original designation.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Cosmopolitan

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Province (29), 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)

General References

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 [45]

Marshall, B. A. 1978. Cerithiopsidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of New Zealand, and a provisional classification of the family. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 5: 47-120 [94]

Nützel, A. 1997. Über die Stammesgeschichte der Ptenoglossa (Gastropoda). Berliner Geowissenschaftliche Abhandlungen E 26: 1-229 [44-45]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [260-261]

History of changes

• Cerithiopsis albosutura Tenison-Woods, J.E. 1877. On some new Tasmanian marine shells. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1876: 131–159 [Date published 27 Feb 1877] [140].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Port MacDonnell, SA.
• Cerithiopsis purpurea Angas, G.F. 1877. Descriptions of two genera and twenty species of marine shells from New South Wales. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1877: 34-40, pl. 5 [36, pl. 5, fig. 7].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, off Shark Island, Port Jackson, NSW.

Generic Combinations

• Notoseila albosutura (Tenison-Woods, 1876). —
  Cotton, B.C. 1951. Australian Recent and Tertiary Mollusca, family Cerithiopsidae. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 9(4): 383-396 [391] (New combination)

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

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)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

25-100 m

General References

Cotton, B.C. 1951. Australian Recent and Tertiary Mollusca, family Cerithiopsidae. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 9(4): 383-396 [391]

Cotton, B.C. 1959. South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia. Adelaide : South Australian Government Printer 449 pp. [363]

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 [46]

History of changes

• Notoseila capricornia Laseron, C. 1956. The Family Cerithiopsidae (Mollusca) from the Solanderian and Dampierian Zoogeographical Provinces. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 7(1): 151-182, figs 1-57 [180, fig. 55].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.102723 dry, Great Barrier Reef, Capricorn Group, Masthead Island, Queensland, Australia [23°31'58.8"S, 151°45'0"E].

Distribution

States

Queensland

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

General References

Australian Museum 2011. Mollusca: loose leaf system. [Cerithiopsidae 5]

History of changes

• Cerithiopsis cingulifera Thiele, J. 1930. Gastropoda und Bivalvia. pp. 561-596 in Michaelsen, W. & Hartmayer, R. (eds). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Jena : Gustav Fischer Vol. 5. [576, fig. 31].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Shark Bay, WA.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Province (29)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

General References

Australian Museum 2011. Mollusca: loose leaf system. [Cerithiopsidae 5]

History of changes

• Cerithium cereum Sowerby, G.B. (ed.) 1854. Thesaurus Conchyliorum or monographs of genera of shells. London : Sowerby Vol. 2 pp. 439-899. [880, pl. 34, fig. 244,245] [synonymy from (AMS L)].
• Cerithiopsis crocea Angas, G.F. 1871. Descriptions of thirty-four new species of shells from Australia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1871: 13–20 [12 June 1871] [16, pl. 1, fig. 13] [according to (PB1211) belongs in Notoseila].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Port Jackson, Sydney, NSW.
• Cerithiopsis atkinsoni Tenison-Woods, J.E. 1876. Description of new Tasmanian shells. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1875: 131–159 [Date published 21 Mar 1876] [139].
• Cerithiopsis johnstoni Petterd, W. 1884. Description of new Tasmanian shells. Journal of Conchology 4: 135-145 [142].
• Cerithiopsis crocea marmorea Odhner, N.H. 1917. Results of Dr E. Mjöbergs Swedish scientific expeditions to Australia. 1910–1913, pt XVII, Mollusca. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Academiens Nya Handlingar, Stockholm 52(16): 1–115 pls 1–3 [Date published 19 Sept. 1917] [47, pl. 2, fig. 43] [as Cerithiopsis crocea var. marmorea Odhner, 1917].

Generic Combinations

• Seila crocea (Angas, 1871). —
  Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [261, text fig.]
• Notoseila crocea (Angas, 1871). —
  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 [45]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

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)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, continental slope, marine, sand.

Extra Ecological Information

31-201 m

General References

Cotton, B.C. 1951. Australian Recent and Tertiary Mollusca, family Cerithiopsidae. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 9(4): 383-396 [391]

Cotton, B.C. 1959. South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia. Adelaide : South Australian Government Printer 449 pp. [363]

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 [45]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [261]

History of changes

• Cingulina insignis May, W.L. 1910. New marine Mollusca. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 48: 380-398 [Date published 1911] [396, pl. 15, fig. 24,24a].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, 3 miles east of Schouten Is.

Distribution

States

Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

73-183 m

General References

Australian Museum 2011. Mollusca: loose leaf system. [Cerithiopsidae 5]

History of changes

• Notoseila iredalei Laseron, C. 1956. The Family Cerithiopsidae (Mollusca) from the Solanderian and Dampierian Zoogeographical Provinces. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 7(1): 151-182, figs 1-57 [179-80, fig. 54].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.102710 dry, Great Barrier Reef, Michaelmas Cay, Queensland, Australia [16°36'0"S, 145°58'58.8"E].

Distribution

States

Queensland

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine, sand, shelly bottom.

General References

Australian Museum 2011. Mollusca: loose leaf system. [Cerithiopsidae 5]

History of changes

• Seila maculosa Laseron, C. 1951. Revision of the New South Wales Cerithiopsidae. Australian Zoologist 11(4): 351-368, pls 35-37, text figs 37-41 [364, pl. 37, fig. 33].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.102054 dry, Jervis Bay, Huskisson, New South Wales, Australia [35°2'60"S, 150°40'1.2"E].

Generic Combinations

• Notoseila maculosa (Laseron, 1951). —
  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 [45]

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

25 m

General References

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 [45]

History of changes

• Seila magna Laseron, C. 1951. Revision of the New South Wales Cerithiopsidae. Australian Zoologist 11(4): 351-368, pls 35-37, text figs 37-41 [365, pl. 37, fig. 35].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) AM C.102725 dry, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia [34°25'58.8"S, 150°52'1.2"E].

Generic Combinations

• Notoseila magna (Laseron, 1951). —
  Garrard, T.A. 1966. New species of Mollusca from Eastern Australia (Part 2) with notes on some known species. Journal of Malacological Society of Australia 10: 3-12 [4] (new combination)

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

In 64 m

General References

Garrard, T.A. 1966. New species of Mollusca from Eastern Australia (Part 2) with notes on some known species. Journal of Malacological Society of Australia 10: 3-12 [4]

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 [46]

History of changes

• Cerithiopsis marmorata Tate, R. 1893. Some additions to the list of the Marine Gastropoda of South Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 17(1): 189-202 [190] [according to (PB1121) belongs in genus Notoseila].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA D.13,438, Port MacDonnell, SA.

Generic Combinations

• Seila marmorata (Tate, 1893). —
  Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [261, text fig.]
• Notoseila marmorata (Tate, 1893). —
  Cotton, B.C. 1951. Australian Recent and Tertiary Mollusca, family Cerithiopsidae. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 9(4): 383-396 [391-92] (New combination)

Distribution

States

South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

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), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, marine, shallow water.

Extra Ecological Information

To 40 m

General References

Cotton, B.C. 1951. Australian Recent and Tertiary Mollusca, family Cerithiopsidae. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 9(4): 383-396 [391-92]

Cotton, B.C. 1959. South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia. Adelaide : South Australian Government Printer 449 pp. [363] (placed in genus Notoseila)

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [261]

History of changes

• Seila nigrofusca Laseron, C. 1951. Revision of the New South Wales Cerithiopsidae. Australian Zoologist 11(4): 351-368, pls 35-37, text figs 37-41 [366, text fig. 37].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.102724 dry, Sydney, Botany Bay, Kurnell, New South Wales, Australia [34°0'32.4"S, 151°12'21.6"E].

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

General References

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 [47]

History of changes

• Torcula parva Angas, G.F. 1877. Description of one genus and twenty-five species of marine shells from New South Wales. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1877: 171-177, pl. 26, figs 26, 27 [174, pl. 26, fig. 17].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, "Sow's and Pig's" Bank, Port Jackson, NSW.

Generic Combinations

• Turritella parva (Angas, 1877). —
  Hedley, C. 1903. Scientific results of the trawling expedition of H.M.C.S. Thetis off the coast of New South Wales in February and March, 1898. Mollusca. Part II. Scaphopoda and Gastropoda. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 4(6): 325–402, pls 36-37 [Date published 8 October 1903] [349] (New combination)

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

64-137 m

General References

Australian Museum 2011. Mollusca: loose leaf system. [Cerithiopsidae 5]

Hedley, C. 1903. Scientific results of the trawling expedition of H.M.C.S. Thetis off the coast of New South Wales in February and March, 1898. Mollusca. Part II. Scaphopoda and Gastropoda. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 4(6): 325–402, pls 36-37 [Date published 8 October 1903] [349]

History of changes

• Seila tenuis Laseron, C. 1951. Revision of the New South Wales Cerithiopsidae. Australian Zoologist 11(4): 351-368, pls 35-37, text figs 37-41 [366, text fig. 38].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.32490 dry, Sydney, Middle Harbour, New South Wales, Australia [33°48'7.2"S, 151°13'58.8"E].

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

General References

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 [46]

History of changes

• Socienna Finlay, H.J. 1926. A further commentary on New Zealand molluscan systematics. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 57: 320-485 pls 18-23 [Issued separately 23 Dec 1926; but Vol. 57 issued 10 March, 1927] [382].

  Type species:

   Cerithiopsis apicicostata May, 1919 by original designation.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

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)

General References

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 [45]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [260]

History of changes

• Cerithium clathratus Angas, G.F. 1871. Descriptions of thirty-four new species of shells from Australia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1871: 13–20 [12 June 1871] [16, pl. 1, fig. 12] [not Cerithium clathrata A. Adams, 1855].
• Cerithiopsis angasi Semper, O. 1874. Museum Godeffroy Catalogue 5, No. 6882. Hamburg : L. Friederischen & Co. 215 pp. [108] [replacement name; for Cerithium clathratus Angas, 1871].

Generic Combinations

• Socienna angasi (Semper, 1874). —
  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 [45, sp. 857]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), 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

Marine.

General References

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 [45]

Laseron, C. 1956. The Family Cerithiopsidae (Mollusca) from the Solanderian and Dampierian Zoogeographical Provinces. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 7(1): 151-182, figs 1-57 [159]

Pritchard, G.B. & Gatliff, J.H. 1900. Catalogue of the marine shells of Victoria. Part IV. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 13(1): 139-156 [155]

History of changes

• Cerithiopsis apicicosta May, W.L. 1920. New species of Tasmanian Mollusca, with critical remarks on several described species, and additions to the list. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1919: 55-69 pls 14-17 [Date published 6 Mar 1920] [64, pl. 16, fig. 21-21a].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, 7 miles east of Cape Pillar, Tasmania.