Species Cronia aurantiaca (Hombron & Jaquinot, 1853)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Purpura aurantiaca Hombron, J.B. & Jacquinot, C.H. (eds) 1853. Voyage au Pole Sud et dans l'Océanie sur les corvettes l'Astrolabe et la Zélée exécuté par ordre du Roi pendant les années 1837-1840, sous le commandement de M.J. Dumont-d'Urville Capitaine de Vaisseau. Zoologie. Paris : Gide & Baudry Vol. 3 166 pp. [91, pl. 22, figs 28-29].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, L'île Hogoleu.
• Purpura pseudamygdala Hedley, 1903.

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.13532 dry, Sydney Harbour, New South Wales, Australia [33°51'0'S, 151°13'58.8'E].

 

Generic Combinations

• Cronia (Cronia) aurantiaca (Hombron & Jaquinot, 1853). —
  Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [21, pl. 5, figs 25a-b]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Central and western Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Coral reef, intertidal, marine, rock reef, under rocks.

 

General References

Cernohorsky, W.O. 1969. The Muricidae of Fiji. Part 2. Subfamily Thaidinae. Veliger 11(4): 293-315 [311, pl. 49, fig. 24]

Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [21, pl. 5, figs 25a-b]

Wilson, B.R. & Gillett, K. 1971. Australian shells: illustrating and describing 600 species of marine gastropods found in Australian waters. Sydney : Reed Books 168 pp. [94, pl. 61, fig. 13] (as Cronia pseudamygdala)

 

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. [33] (as Cronia pseudoamygdala) (Pseudo-almond Purple)

Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [70] (as Cronia pseudoamygdala) (Rusty Cronia)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
13-Sep-2022	CAENOGASTROPODA	13-Sep-2022	MOVED
01-Jun-2021	MURICIDAE	24-Jan-2012	MODIFIED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ingo Burghardt (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
		29-Sep-2011	MODIFIED