Species Royella sinon (Bayle, 1880)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Cerithium clathratum Sowerby, G.B. 1855. Thesaurus Conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. London : Sowerby Vol. 2(16) 847-899, pls 176-186. [883, pl. 185, fig. 258] [junior homonym; not Cerithium clarthratum Deshayes, 1833, nor Menke 1828, nor Grateloup 1832, nor Roemer, 1841].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH, Baclayon Island, Bohol, Philippines.
• Cerithium sinon Bayle, E. 1880. Liste rectificative de quelques noms de genres et d'espèces. Journal de Conchyliologie 28: 240-251 [245].

 

Generic Combinations

• Cerithiopsis sinon (Bayle, 1880). —
  Melvill, J.C. & Standen, R. 1895. Notes on a collection of shells from Lifu and Uvea, Loyalty Islands, from by the Rev. James and Mrs. Hadfield, with list of species. Journal of Conchology 8: 89–132 [116, pl. 1, fig. 3]
• Royella sinon (Bayle, 1880). —
  Iredale, T. 1912. New generic names and new species of marine Mollusca. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 10: 217-228, pl. 9, 3 text figs [219]
  Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [124, text fig]

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Cerithium (Pirenella) clathratum A. Adams, 1855 [sic.]. —
  Kobelt, W. 1895. Die Gattung Cerithium Lam. 161-200, pls 31-36 in Küster, H.C., Martini, F.W. & Chemnitz, J.H. (eds). Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 1. [173]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo Pacific, from Red Sea to French Polynesia.. Also Coral Sea (AMS C.007584)

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14), Northeast Province (18), Norfolk Island Province (21), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory

Ecological Descriptors

Herbivore, marine, rubble, subtidal.

 

General References

Houbrick, R.S. 1986. The systematic position of Royella sinon (Bayle) (Prosobranchia: Cerithiidae). Veliger 28: 429-435 [430-433]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [124, text fig.]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jun-2021	CERITHIIDAE	19-Feb-2015	MODIFIED	Dr Winston Ponder (AM) Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
		22-Nov-2013	MODIFIED