Species Coriocella tongana (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Sigaretus tonganus Quoy J.R.C. & Gaimard, J. P. 1832. Voyages de découvertes de l'Austrolabe,... sous le commandemant de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Zoologie: Mollusca. Paris : J. Tatsu Vol. 3 454 pp., atlas 2, 93 pls. [217].

 

Generic Combinations

• Coriocella tongana (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832).
• Chelyonotus tonganus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832). —
  Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [213]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

 

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. [138]

Wellens, W. 1998. Redescription of Coriocella nigra de Balinville, 1825 and Chelyonotus tongatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1832 (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Lamellariidae). Journal of Conchology 36(2): 43-61 [46-47, 55-59]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [213]

 

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. [138, fig. 2] (Tonga Lamellaria)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jun-2021	LITTORINIMORPHA Golikov & Starobogatov, 1975	21-Mar-2019	MODIFIED
01-Jun-2021	VELUTINOIDEA	22-Aug-2012	MODIFIED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
		27-Feb-2012	MODIFIED