Species Cylindriscala distincta (Smith, 1891)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Scalaria distincta Smith, E.A. 1891. Descriptions of new species of shells from the 'Challenger' Expedition. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1891: 436–445 [441, pl. 35, fig. 15].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH 188910.12.37-8, CHALLENGER station 164 B off Sydney, NSW, 410 fathoms (750 m).

 

Generic Combinations

• Cylindriscala distincta (Smith, 1891). —
  Weil, A., Brown, L & Neville, B. 1999. The Wentletrap Book (Guide to the Recent Epitoniidae of the world). Rome : Evolver 244 pp. [130, fig. 404]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental rise, continental shelf, continental slope, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

146-1463 m

 

General References

Beechey, D. 2008. Cylindriscala distincta (E.A. Smith, 1891). The seashells of New South Wales website. http://seashellsofnsw.org.au/Epitoniidae/Pages/Cylindriscala_distincta.htm (date accessed 7/3/2012)

Brown, L.G. & Neville, B.D. 2015. Catalog of the recent taxa of the families Epitoniidae and Nystiellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) with a bibliography of the descriptive and systematic literature. Zootaxa 3907(1): 1-188 [22, 64]

Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. 1999. Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-bearing Mollusca of Japan. Japan : Elle Scientific Publications 749 pp. [130, fig. 404]

Weil, A., Brown, L & Neville, B. 1999. The Wentletrap Book (Guide to the Recent Epitoniidae of the world). Rome : Evolver 244 pp. [130]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jun-2021	EPITONIOIDEA	02-Sep-2015	MODIFIED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) Lyn Randall
		13-Feb-2012	MODIFIED