Family CLIOPSIDAE O.G. Costa, 1873

Introduction

Cliopsids are rarely found in Australian waters. The body is soft, gelatinous and not streamlined. The median footlobe is reduces or lacking and the wings are relatively small. Compiled from Beesley et al. (1998).

 

General References

Beesley, P.L., Ross, G.J.B. & Wells, A. (eds) 1998. Mollusca: The Southern Synthesis. Fauna of Australia. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 5(Part B) pp. vi–viii, 565–1234.

Burn, R. 2006. A checklist and bibliography of the Opisthobranchia (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of Victoria and the Bass Strait area, south-eastern Australia. Museum Victoria Science Report 10: 1-42

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
14-Nov-2011 OPISTHOBRANCHIA 14-Nov-2011 MOVED Dr Robin Wilson
14-Nov-2011 14-Nov-2011 MOVED
24-Mar-2011 (import)

Genus Cliopsis Troschel, 1854

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales


History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
14-Nov-2011 OPISTHOBRANCHIA 14-Nov-2011 MOVED Dr Robin Wilson
14-Nov-2011 14-Nov-2011 MOVED
24-Mar-2011 (import)

Species Cliopsis krohni Troschel, 1854

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales


Extra Distribution Information

Van der Spoel (1976) indicates a strong population centre along the central to northern NSW caost and into the Tasman Sea.


Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

 

General References

Burn, R. 2006. A checklist and bibliography of the Opisthobranchia (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of Victoria and the Bass Strait area, south-eastern Australia. Museum Victoria Science Report 10: 1-42

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
14-Nov-2011 OPISTHOBRANCHIA 14-Nov-2011 MOVED Dr Robin Wilson
14-Nov-2011 14-Nov-2011 MOVED
15-Jun-2011 MODIFIED

Genus Pruvotella Pruvot-Fol, 1932

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales


History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
14-Nov-2011 OPISTHOBRANCHIA 14-Nov-2011 MOVED Dr Robin Wilson
14-Nov-2011 14-Nov-2011 MOVED
24-Mar-2011 (import)

Species Pruvotella danae Pruvot-Fol, 1942

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales


Extra Distribution Information

Van der Spoel (1976) shows a population centre off the northern NSW coast.


Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

 

General References

Burn, R. 2006. A checklist and bibliography of the Opisthobranchia (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of Victoria and the Bass Strait area, south-eastern Australia. Museum Victoria Science Report 10: 1-42 [16]

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
14-Nov-2011 OPISTHOBRANCHIA 14-Nov-2011 MOVED Dr Robin Wilson
14-Nov-2011 14-Nov-2011 MOVED
15-Jun-2011 MODIFIED