Species Cellana tramoserica (Holten, 1802)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Patella tramoserica Holten, H.S. 1802. Enumeratio Systematica Conchyliae Beat. J.H. Chemnitz. Copenhagen : K.H. Scidelini 88 pp. [86, pl. 197, figs 1912, 1913].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Botany Bay, New South Wales.

  Secondary source:

   Powell, A.W.B. 1973. The patellid limpets of the world (Patellidae). Indo-Pacific Mollusca 3(15): 75-206 [170].
• Patella variegata Blainville, H.M. de 1825. Mollusques, vers et zoophytes. In Defrance JLM (ed) Dictionnaire des sciences naturelles. Paris : Levrault Vol. 38 528 pp. [100].

  Secondary source:

   Powell, A.W.B. 1973. The patellid limpets of the world (Patellidae). Indo-Pacific Mollusca 3(15): 75-206 [170].
• Patella jacksoniensis Lesson, R.P. 1831. Chap. XI. Mollusques, Annelides et Vers. pp. 239-471 in Voyage Autour du Monde Executé par Ordre du Roi, sur la Corvette de Sa Majesté, La Coquille, pendant les années 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825. Zoologie. Paris : Betrand. [418].

  Secondary source:

   Powell, A.W.B. 1973. The patellid limpets of the world (Patellidae). Indo-Pacific Mollusca 3(15): 75-206 [170].
• Cellana variegata ariel Iredale, T. 1924. Results from Roy Bell's molluscan collections. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 49(3): 179–279, pls 33–36 [242].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, AM, Port Fairy, Victoria.
• Cellana sontica Iredale, T. 1940. Marine molluscs from Lord Howe Island, Norfolk Island, Australia, and New Caledonia. The Australian Zoologist 9(4): 429-443, pl. 32-34 [Date published 9 December 1940] [433].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.105255 dry, Caloundra, Queensland, Australia [26°49'1.2"S, 153°10'1.2"E].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Powell, A.W.B. 1973. The patellid limpets of the world (Patellidae). Indo-Pacific Mollusca 3(15): 75-206 [170]

 

Generic Combinations

• Cellana tramoserica (Holten, 1802). —
  Iredale, T. 1936. Australian molluscan notes. No. 2. Records of the Australian Museum 19(5): 267-340, pls 20-24 [289]
  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 [38, no.707]
  Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [36]
• Helcioniscus variegatus (Blainville, 1825). —
  Hedley, C. 1915. Studies on Australian Mollusca. Part XII. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 39: 695–755, pls 77–85 [Date published 26 Feb.] [714]

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Cellana tramoserica (Sowerby, 1825) [name commonly used by Australian authors]. —
  Macpherson, J.H. 1955. Preliminary revision of the families Patellidae and Acmaeidae in Australia. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 67(2): 229-256 [237-238]
• Patella tramoserica Sowerby, 1825 [original combination, see Cellana tramoserica (Sowerby, 1825)]. —
  Sowerby, G.B. (1st) 1825. A catalogue of the shells contained in the collection of the late Earl of Tankerville : arranged according to the Lamarckian conchological system: together with an appendix, containing descriptions of many new species. London : printed by E.J. Stirling for G.B. Sowerby vii, 92 pp. + appendix of xxiv pp. + coloured plates. [30]
• Cellana ariel Iredale, 1924. —
  Cotton, B.C. 1959. South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia. Adelaide : South Australian Government Printer 449 pp. [293]
• Helcioniscus tramosericus Martyn, 1825 [name used by Australian authors]. —
  Verco, J.C. 1906. Notes on South Australian marine Mollusca with descriptions of new species. Part IV. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 30: 205-224 [205]
  Verco, J.C. 1912. Notes on South Australian marine Mollusca with descriptions of new species. Part XV. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 36: 181-191 [181]
• Patella tramoserica Martyn, 1825 [original combination; see Helcioniscus tramosericus (Martyn, 1825)].

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Ecological Descriptors

Exposed coast, intertidal, lecithotrophic, marine, planktonic, rock platforms, rocky shore.

 

General References

Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs. [78]

Anderson, D.T. 1962. The reproduction and early life histories of the gastropods Bembicium auratum (Quoy and Gaimard) (Fam. Littorinidae), Cellana tramoserica (Sower.) (Fam. Patellidae) and Melanerita melanotragus (Smith) (Fam. Neritidae). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 87: 62-68 [62, 65]

Cernohorsky, W.O. 1974. Type specimens of Mollusca in the University Zoological Museum Copenhagen. Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum 11: 143-195 [148] (recognised the earlier name Patella tramoserica Holten, 1802)

Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. Tropical Pacific marine shells. Sydney : Pacific Publications 352 pp., 68 pls. [31]

Macpherson, J.H. 1966. Port Phillip Survey 1957–1963. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 27: 201–288 [208]

Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1962. Marine molluscs of Victoria. Melbourne : Melbourne University Press & National Museum of Victoria 475 pp. [47]

McMichael, D.F. 1960. Shells of the Australian sea-shore. Brisbane : Jacaranda Press 127 pp., 287 figs. [Date published December] [64]

Nakano, T. & Ozawa, T. 2007. Worldwide phylogeography of limpets of the order Patellogastropoda: molecular, morphological and Palaeontological evidence. Journal of Molluscan Studies 73: 79–99 (included in analysis)

Phillips, D.A.B., Handreck, C., Bock, P.E., Burn, R., Smith, B.J. & Staples, D.A. (eds) 1984. Coastal Invertebrates of Victoria: an atlas of selected species. Melbourne : Marine Research Group of Victoria & Museum of Victoria 168 pp. [29]

Powell, A.W.B. 1973. The patellid limpets of the world (Patellidae). Indo-Pacific Mollusca 3(15): 75-206 [170-171, pl. 73, fig 1-3; pl. 146-148 (Powell, 1973)]

Singleton, F.A. 1937. Lady Julia Percy Island. 1935 Expedition. Mollusca. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 49: 387-396 [392]

Thornley, G. 1945. Limpets of New South Wales. Proceedings of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales 1944-1945: 22-30 [Date published August 31] [23, 29]

Verco, J.C. 1906. Notes on South Australian marine Mollusca with descriptions of new species. Part IV. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 30: 205-224 [205]

Verco, J.C. 1912. Notes on South Australian marine Mollusca with descriptions of new species. Part XV. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 36: 181-191 [181]

 

Common Name References

Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs. [78] (used for the available name C. tramoserica) (Common Limpet)

Wilson, B. 2002. A handbook to Australian seashells on seashores east to west and north to south. Sydney : Reed New Holland 185 pp. [82, pl. 83C] (Ariel Patellid Limpet)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
09-May-2012	EOGASTROPODA	09-May-2012	MOVED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Stephanie Baccarella (AM) Dr Peter Middelfart (AM) Dr Winston Ponder (AM)
09-May-2012		09-May-2012	MOVED
21-Jul-2014		08-Mar-2012	ADDED
	Nacellidae Thiele, 1929 (OBIS load)	06-Mar-2012	MODIFIED