Species Canarium mutabile (Swainson, 1821)

Museums

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• Strombus mutabilis Swainson, W. 1821. Zoological Illustrations, or original figures and descriptions of new, rare, or interesting animals, selected chiefly from the classes of ornithology, entomology, and conchology, and arranged according to their natural affinities. London : Baldwin, Cradock & Joy Vol. 2 pls 19-83. [issued 1821, dated 1820-1821]. [pl. 71].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, original type locality East Indies; restricted Cebu City, Cebu Island, Philippines.

  Type locality references:

  Abbott, R.T. 1960. The genus Strombus in the Indo-Pacific. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 1(2): 33-146 [73].

  Secondary source:

   Abbott, R.T. 1960. The genus Strombus in the Indo-Pacific. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 1(2): 33-146 [73].
• Strombus floridus Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de M. 1822. Histoire naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Paris : J.B. Lamarck Vol. 7 711 pp. [211].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) Océan indien et des Moluques.

  Type locality references:

  Abbott, R.T. 1960. The genus Strombus in the Indo-Pacific. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 1(2): 33-146 [73].

  Secondary source:

   Abbott, R.T. 1960. The genus Strombus in the Indo-Pacific. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 1(2): 33-146 [73].
• Strombus floridus zebriolata Adam, W. & Leloup, E. 1938. Resultats scientifiques du voyage aux Indes Orientales Neerlandaises de LL. AA. RR. le Prince et la Princesse Leopold de Belgique. Prosobranchia et Opistobranchia. Mémoires du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique 6 2(19): 1-209, pls 1-8 [117, pl. 1, fig. 7] [as Strombus floridus forma zebriolata].

  Secondary source:

   Abbott, R.T. 1960. The genus Strombus in the Indo-Pacific. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 1(2): 33-146 [73].
• Strombus epimellus Duclos, M. 1844. Genre Strombus. In, Chenu, J.C. (ed.). Illustrations Conchyliologiques. Gastropoda. Paris : A. Franck Vol. 4 17 pp. [3, pl. 16, figs 11, 12, pl. 22, figs 5, 6].

  Secondary source:

   Abbott, R.T. 1960. The genus Strombus in the Indo-Pacific. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 1(2): 33-146 [73].
• Strombus flosculosus Mörch, O.A.L. 1852. Catalogus Conchyliorum quae reliquit d. Alphonso d'Aguirra & Gadea Comes de Yoldi, regis daniae cubiculariorum princeps, ordinis dannebrogici in prima classe & ordinis caroli Tertii eques. Part 1. Cephalophora. Copenhagen : Hafinae Vol. 1 170 pp. [63].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) Indies orientalis.

  Type locality references:

  Abbott, R.T. 1960. The genus Strombus in the Indo-Pacific. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 1(2): 33-146 [73].

  Secondary source:

   Abbott, R.T. 1960. The genus Strombus in the Indo-Pacific. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 1(2): 33-146 [73].

Generic Combinations

• Canarium mutabile mutabile (Swainson, 1821). —
  Raven, H 2002. Notes on molluscs from NW Borneo. 1. Stromboidea (Gastropoda, Strombidae, Rostellariidae, Seraphidae). Vita Malacologica 1: 3-32 [9, pl. 1, fig. 4]
• Strombus (Canarium) mutabilis Swainson, 1821. —
  Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [156, pl. 21, figs 8a-b]

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14), Central Eastern Transition (15), Kenn Transition (16), Northeast Province (18), Norfolk Island Province (21), Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Christmas Island Province (23), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), 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.

Common Name References

Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [232, pl. 648] (Flower Stromb)

Wilson, B. 2002. A handbook to Australian seashells on seashores east to west and north to south. Sydney : Reed New Holland 185 pp. [108, pl. 109] (Mutable Stromb)

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