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Species Calliostoma (Fautor) comptum (Adams, 1854)


Compiler and date details

September 2014 - Des Beechey & Winston F. Ponder, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia. Reviewed by Bruce Marshall (Tepapa, New Zealand).

December 2012 - Des Beechey, Peter U. Middelfart, Winston F. Ponder & Stephanie Baccarella, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria


Extra Distribution Information

Wilson (1993) extended the range of this species to Geographe Bay, WA, but that is not supported by the literature or the Australian Museum collection.

Australian Endemic.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

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

Marine, on sponges, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

Live on cup-shaped sponges

 

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)
18-Aug-2021 CALLIOSTOMATIDAE 15-Sep-2014 MODIFIED Mr Des Beechey (AM) Stephanie Baccarella (AM) Dr Peter Middelfart (AM) Dr Winston Ponder (AM)
18-Aug-2021 08-Sep-2011 MOVED
06-Sep-2011 MODIFIED