Species Casmaria ponderosa (Gmelin, 1791)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Buccinum ponderosa Gmelin J.F. 1791. Caroli a Linné. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Lipsiae : Georg. Emanuel. Beer Vermes. Vol. 1(Part 6) pp. 3021–3910. [officially regarded by the ICZN Opinion 296 (26 Oct 1954) as the 13th edition of Systema Naturae] [3477, no. 28].
• Buccinum nodulosum Gmelin J.F. 1791. Caroli a Linné. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Lipsiae : Georg. Emanuel. Beer Vermes. Vol. 1(Part 6) pp. 3021–3910. [officially regarded by the ICZN Opinion 296 (26 Oct 1954) as the 13th edition of Systema Naturae] [3479, no. 38].
• Phalium quadratum Link, H.F. 1807. Beschreibung der Naturalien Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock. Rostock : Alders Erben. [6 parts with no volume description; pp.1-50, 51-100, 101-165, 1-30, 1-38, 1-38] [113].
• Buccinum biarmatum Dillwyn, L.W. 1817. A Descriptive Catalogue of Recent Shells, arranged according to the Linnaean method; with particular attention to the synonymy. London : John and Arthur Arch 2 volumes 1092 + 29 pp. [599, no. 32] [new name for Buccinum nodulosum Gmelin, 1791 p. 3479 not Gmelin, 1791 p. 3496].
• Buccium pantherina Dillwyn, L.W. 1817. A Descriptive Catalogue of Recent Shells, arranged according to the Linnaean method; with particular attention to the synonymy. London : John and Arthur Arch 2 volumes 1092 + 29 pp. [599] [as Buccium pantherina 'Solander' Dillwyn, 1817].
• Cassis tenuilabris Menke, K.T. 1828. Synopsis methodica molluscorum generum omnium et specierum earum quae in museo Menkeano adservantur. Pyrmonti : Georgi Uslar xii + 91 pp. [36].
• Cassis torquata Reeve, L.A. 1848. Monograph of the genus Cassis. pls 1-12 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 5. [sp 1, fig. 1].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH, New Holland.
• Cassis turgida Reeve, L.A. 1848. Monograph of the genus Cassis. pls 1-12 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 5. [sp. 25, fig. 25].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH, Boljoon, Island of Zebu, Philippines.
• Cassis cernica Sowerby, G.B. (3rd) 1888. Description of sixteen new species of shells. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1888: 207-213, pl. 211 [211, pl. 11, fig. 19].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Mauritius.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

 

General References

Abbott, R.T. 1968. The helmet shells of the world (Cassidae). Part 1. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 2(9): 7-201 [195-196, pl. 14, figs 1-4, pls 182-185]

Beu, A.G., Bouchet, P. & Tröndlé, J. 2012. Tonnoidean gastropods of French Polynesia. Molluscan Research 32(2): 61-120 [77-78, figs 3E, I]

Iredale, T. 1927. A review of Australian helmet shells (Family Cassididae - Phylum Mollusca). Records of the Australian Museum 15: 321-354 [338]

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 [56]

Kay, E.A. 1979. Hawaiian marine shells. Reef and shore fauna of Hawaii. Section 4 : Mollusca. Honolulu, Hawaii : Bishop Museum Press Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publication Vol. 64(4) 653 pp. [212]

Kreipl, K. 1997. Recent Cassidae. Weisbaden : Verlag Christa Hemman 151 pp., pls 1-24. [45, pl. 15, figs 48-48c]

Rippingale, O.H. & McMichael, D.F. 1961. Queensland and Great Barrier Reef shells. Brisbane : Jacaranda Press 210 pp. [73, pl. 8, fig. 5]

Salvat, B. & Rives, C. 1975. Coquillages de Polynésie. Tahiti : Papéete Les editions du pacifique, 391 pp. [303]

Wells, F.E. & Bryce, C.W. 1986. Seashells of Western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 207 pp. [79]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [231, pl. 38, figs 1a-c]

Wilson, B.R. & Gillett, K. 1971. Australian shells: illustrating and describing 600 species of marine gastropods found in Australian waters. Sydney : Reed Books 168 pp. [70, pl. 47, fig. 6]

 

Common Name References

Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [826] (Ponderose Helmet)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
07-Feb-2024	LITTORINIMORPHA Golikov & Starobogatov, 1975	06-Oct-2023	MODIFIED	Dr Mandy Reid (ABRS)
01-Jun-2021	TONNOIDEA	18-Jul-2012	MODIFIED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
		08-Mar-2012	MODIFIED