Species Caecum amputatum Hedley, 1894

Museums

Regional Maps

• Caecum amputatum Hedley, C. 1894. Description of Caecum amputatum, an undescribed mollusc from Sydney Harbour. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 8(4): 504 [504, text fig.].

  Type data:

   Holotype Port Jackson, Sydney, NSW.

 

Distribution

States

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

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

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)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

 

General References

Albano, P.G. & Pizzini, M. 2011. Notes on Caecidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from southern Mozambique, with the description of a new species. African Invertebrates 52(1): 1-10 [5]

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]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [151]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jun-2021	TRUNCATELLOIDEA	09-Feb-2012	MODIFIED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
		17-Jan-2012	MODIFIED