Species Cassidula (Cassidula) sowerbyana (Pfeiffer, 1853)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Auricula (Cassidula) sowerbyana Pfeiffer, L.G.C. 1853. Neue Auriculaceen. Malakozoologische Blätter 10: 124-127 [125].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 196982 3 specimens, Moreton Bay, Queensland.
• Cassidula decussata Adams, H. & Adams, A. 1855. Contributions towards the natural history of the Auriculidae, a family of pulmoniferous Mollusca; with descriptions of many new species from the Cumingian collection. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1854: 30-37 [10 Jan. 1855] [32].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 196982 3 specimens, Moreton Bay, QLD.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Smith, B.J. 1992. Non-Marine Mollusca. In, Houston, W.W.K. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Non-marine Mollusca. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 8 xii 408 pp. [213] (based on original descriptions and an examination of types)

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: Central E coast, NE coast
  • Western Australia: Central W coast, NW 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. [221-222]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)