Species Clanculus plebejus (Philippi, 1852)
Plebeian Clanculus, Plebian Top Shell
Compiler and date details
September 2014 - Des Beechey & Winston F. Ponder, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia. Reviewed by Bruce Marshall (Tepapa, New Zealand) & Claude Vilvens (Belgium).
December 2012 - Des Beechey, Peter U. Middelfart, Winston F. Ponder & Stephanie Baccarella, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
- Trochus plebejus Philippi, R.A. 1852. Centuria quarta Testaceorum novorum. Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie 1851: 39-48 [41].
Type data:
Status unknown, Western Australia. - Clanculus nodiliratus Adams, A. 1853. Contributions towards a monograph of the Trochidae, a family of gastropodous Mollusca. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1851(19): 150-192 [163].
- Clanculus angeli Tenison-Woods, J.E. 1877. On some new Tasmanian marine shells. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1876: 131–159 [Date published 27 Feb 1877] [144].
Type data:
Status unknown, TMH E247A, 10 fathoms, Long Bay, Tasmania. - Gibbula multicarinatus Tenison-Woods, J.E. 1877. On some new Tasmanian marine shells. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1876: 131–159 [Date published 27 Feb 1877] [142].
Type data:
Status unknown, TMH E248, Northwest Tasmania. - Clanculus dominicanus Tenison-Woods, J.E. 1877. On some new Tasmanian marine shells. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1876: 131–159 [Date published 27 Feb 1877] [144].
Type data:
Status unknown, TMH E246a, South Tasmania. - Clanculus plabeius Pritchard, G.B. & Gatliff, J.H. 1902. Catalogue of the marine shells of Victoria. Part V. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 14(2): 85-138 [122] [mispelling,].
Generic Combinations
- Mesoclanculus plebejus (Philippi, 1852). —
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 [32] - Clanculus plebejus (Philippi, 1852). —
Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [88, text fig.] - Clanculus (Mesoclanculus) plebejus (Philippi, 1852). —
Jansen, P. 1993. The family Trochidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in the Sydney metropolitan area and adjacent coast. The Australian Zoologist 29(1-2): 49-61 [56]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), 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)
Ecological Descriptors
Intertidal, marine, rocky shore, subtidal, under stones.
General References
Angas, G.F. 1865. On the marine molluscan fauna of the Province of South Australia, with a list of all the species known up to the present time, together with remarks on their habitats and distribution, etc. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1865: 155-"180" (=190) [179] (as Clanculus nodoliratus)
Angas, G.F. 1871. A list of additional species of marine Mollusca to be included in the fauna of Port-Jackson and the adjacent coasts of New South Wales. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1871(1): 87-101, pl. 1 [96] (as Clanculus nodoliratus)
Beechey, D. 2000. Clanculus plebejus (Philippi, 1851). http://seashellsofnsw.org.au/Trochidae/Pages/Trochinae/Clanculus_plebejus.htm (date accessed 22-9-11)
Fischer, P. 1878. Genres Calcar, Trochus, Xenophora, Tectarius et Risella. pp. 241-336 in Keiner, L.C. (ed.). Spécies general et iconographie des coquilles vivantes. Paris : J.B. Baillière Vol. 11. [243, pl. 93, fig. 2]
Hardy, G.H. 1916. List of the Tenison Woods types of recent molluscs in the Tasmanian Museum. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1915: 68 [62] (as Clanculus angeli, as Clanculus dominicanus and p. 68 as Gibbula multicarinata)
Hedley, C. 1916. A preliminary index of the Mollusca of Western Australia. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Western Australia 1: 152-226 [178]
Hedley, C. 1918. A checklist of the marine fauna of New South Wales. Part 1. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 51: M1–M120 [M42]
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 [224]
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 [32]
Jansen, P. 1993. The family Trochidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in the Sydney metropolitan area and adjacent coast. The Australian Zoologist 29(1-2): 49-61 [56]
Jansen, P. 1995. A review of the genus Clanculus Montfort, 1810 (Gastropoda: Trochidae) in Australia, with description of a new subspecies and the introduction of a nomen novum. Vita Marina 43(1-2): 39-62 [59, pl. 3, figs 16-18]
Ludbrook, N.H. 1978. Quaternary molluscs of the western part of the Eucla Basin. Bulletin of the Geological Survey of Western Australia 125: 1–286 [96]
Macpherson, J.H. 1966. Port Phillip Survey 1957–1963. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 27: 201–288 [212]
May, W.L 1903. On Tenison-Woods types in the Tasmanian Museum, Hobart. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1902: 106-114 (as Clanculus angeli, as Clanculus dominicanus and as Gibbula multicarinata)
May, W.L. 1923. An illustrated index of Tasmanian shells: with 47 plates and 1052 species. Hobart : Government Printer 100 pp. [Date published 31 July 1923] [pl. 18, fig. 13]
Petterd, W. 1879. Critical remarks on the Rev. J.E. Tenison-Woods' "Census of Tasmanian Shells". Journal de Conchyliologie 2(12): 353-354 [354] (as Gibbula multicarinata)
Philippi, R.A. 1855. Kreiselschnecken oder Trochoideen: Trochus. Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz 2(3): 249-372 [326, pl. 46, fig. 10]
Pilsbry, H.A. 1889-1890. Manual of Conchology. Philadelphia : Academy of Natural Sciences Philadelphia Series 1, Vol. 11 519 pp., pls 1-67. [pp. 1-208 issued 1889; pp. 209-519 issued 7 March 1890] [79, pl. 10, figs 19-22, pl. 13, figs 1-2] (as Clanculus angeli and Clanculus dominicanus)
Singleton, F.A. 1937. Lady Julia Percy Island. 1935 Expedition. Mollusca. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 49: 387-396 [389]
Tate, R. & May, W.L. 1901. A revised census of the marine Mollusca of Tasmania. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 26(3): 344-471 [401]
Tenison-Woods, J.E. 1879. Census; with brief descriptions of the marine shells of Tasmania and the adjacent islands. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1877: 26-57 [Date published 14 Jun] [40] (as Clanculus nodiliratus, Clanculus angeli, as Clanculus dominicanus and Gibbula multicarinata)
Tenison-Woods, J.E. 1880. On some Tasmanian Trochidae. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1879: 59-70 [69]
Whitelegge, T. 1889. List of the Marine and Freshwater Invertebrate Fauna of Port Jackson and the Neighbourhood. Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 23: 1-161 [271] (as Trochus nodoliratus)
Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [88, text fig.]
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. [61] (Plebeian Clanculus)
Cotton, B.C. 1959. South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia. Adelaide : South Australian Government Printer 449 pp. [138] (Plebian Top Shell)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29-Aug-2014 | TROCHIDAE | 23-Sep-2011 | MOVED | Mr Des Beechey (AM) Stephanie Baccarella (AM) Dr Peter Middelfart (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) Dr Winston Ponder (AM) |
| 18-Aug-2021 | 22-Sep-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 18-Aug-2021 | 13-Sep-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 09-Sep-2011 | MODIFIED |