Species Cassidula (Cassidula) rugata (Menke, 1843)

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Species Cassidula (Cassidula) rugata (Menke, 1843)

Auricula (Cassidula) rugata Menke, C.T. 1843. Molluscorum Novae Hollandiae Specimen in Libraria Aulica Hahniana. Hannoverae : Libraria Aulica Hahniana pp. 1-46. [Apr. 1843]. [7].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown presumed lost (possibly ZMB), Victoria River, NT.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Melvill Island, NT to Port Mackay, QLD.

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Northern Territory: Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast
- Queensland: Gulf of Carpentaria, NE coast

Ecological Descriptors

Littoral, supralittoral.

General References

Wells, F. 1997. A review of the Northern Australian species of the genera Cassidula and Ellobium. pp. 213-229 in Hanley, H.R., Caswell, G., Megirian, D. & Larson, H.K. (eds). The Marine Flora and Fauna of Darwin Harbour, Northern Territory, Australia. Proceedings of the Sixth International Marine Biology Workshop. Darwin : Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory 466 pp. [218-219]

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)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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