Genus Cantharidus Montfort, 1810
Compiler and date details
September 2014 - Des Beechey & Winston F. Ponder, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia. Reviewed by Bruce Marshall (Tepapa, New Zealand) & Claude Vilvens (Belgium).
December 2012 - Des Beechey, Peter U. Middelfart, Winston F. Ponder & Stephanie Baccarella, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
- Cantharidus Montfort, P.D. de 1810. Conchyliologie Systematique, et Classification Methodique des Coquilles. Paris : F. Schoell Tome 2 676 + 16 pp. [250] [placed on the Official List by Opinion 479, 1957, Opinions and Declarations rendered by the ICZN, 16(22): 367. Cantharius [Voigt, 1834, Das Thierreich... von Cuvier: 153], Cantharida [Guérin-Méneville, 1835, Iconographie du règne animal de G. Cuvier: 24] and Canthiridus [Gray, 1840, Synopsis of the contents of the British Museum, ed. 42: 147] are incorrect subsequent spellings].
Type species:
Trochus iris Gmelin, 1791 (= Limax opalus Martyn, 1784 [ICZN op. 479]) by original designation. - Cantharis Férussac, A.E.J. d'Audebard de 1822. Tableaux systématiques des animaux mollusques suivis d'un Prodrome général pour tous les mollusques terrestres ou fluviatiles vivants ou fossiles. Premier partie, Tableaux systematiques générous. Paris : Anthus-Bertrand pp. i–xlvii. [xxxiv] [attributed by Férussac to Montfort, and listed in Neave, 1939, Nomenclator Zoologicus, 1: 572, as an error or emendation of "Cantharus Montfort, 1808", which, however, is not a mollusc; not available: nomen nudum; see also Cantharidium].
Type species:
Trochus iris Gmelin, 1791 (= Limax opalus Martyn, 1784 [ICZN op. 479]) by original designation. - Elenchus Swainson, W. 1840. A treatise on malacology or the natural classification of shells and shell-fish. London : Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans 419 pp. [May 1840] [219, 351] [not available from Humphrey, 1797 [published in a work placed on the Official Index]. Heleuchus Herrmannsen, 1847, Indicis generum malacozoorum primordia, 1: 416, was proposed as an emendation, but was not used as a valid name, and is thus not available].
Type species:
Trochus iris Gmelin by subsequent designation, see Herrmannsen, A.N. 1847. Indicis Generum Malacozoorum Primordia. Cassellis : Theodor Fischer Vol. 1 637 pp. [416]. - Cantharidium Schaufuss, L.W. 1869. Molluscorum Systema et Catalogus. System und Aufzählung sämmtlicher Conchylien der Sammlung von Fr. Paetel. Dresden : O. Weiske pp. i-xiv, 1-119. [11, 61] [established as a substitute name for Cantharis Férussac, 1822].
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-west Pacific, from Africa to French Polynesia
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Lord Howe Province (14), 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), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
General References
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29-Aug-2014 | TROCHIDAE | 23-Sep-2011 | MOVED | Mr Des Beechey (AM) Stephanie Baccarella (AM) Dr Peter Middelfart (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) Dr Winston Ponder (AM) |
| 18-Aug-2021 | 20-Sep-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 18-Aug-2021 | 13-Sep-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 18-Aug-2021 | 13-Sep-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 13-Sep-2011 | MODIFIED |