Species Cerithium novaehollandiae Sowerby, 1855
- Cerithium novaehollandiae Sowerby, G.B. 1855. Thesaurus Conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. London : Sowerby Vol. 2(16) 847-899, pls 176-186. [864, pl. 178, fig. 54] (Ex Adams ms) [as Cerithium Novae-Hollandine].
- Cerithium vignali Sowerby, G.B. (3rd) 1912. Descriptions of new species of Cerithium, Clanculus and Soletellina. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8 9: 237-239 [237, fig. 1].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1912816197, New Caledonia, herein restricted to Noumea, New Caledonia.
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Borneo to New Caledonia
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), 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), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Coral reef, intertidal, marine, sand, shallow subtidal.
General References
Houbrick, R.S. 1992. Monograph of the genus Cerithium Bruguière in the Indo-Pacific (Cerithiidae: Prosobranchia). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 510: 1-211 [137-141, figs 97-99]
Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [118, pl. 16; fig. 4 a-b, Table 31]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01-Jun-2021 | CERITHIIDAE | 12-Feb-2015 | MODIFIED | Dr Winston Ponder (AM) Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) |
| 27-Sep-2011 | MODIFIED |