Species Cymatiella columnaria (Hedley & May, 1908)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Cymatium columnarium Hedley, C. & May, W.L. 1908. Mollusca from one hundred fathoms, seven miles off Cape Pillar, Tasmania. Records of the Australian Museum 7: 108-125, pls 22-25 [119, pl. 23, fig. 15].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.28960 dry, off Cape Pillar, Tasmania, Australia [43°13'1.2"S, 148°4'58.8"E].

 

Generic Combinations

• Sassia (Cymatiella) columnaria (Hedley & May, 1908). —
  Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [250, text fig.]

 

Distribution

States

South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

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)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, marine.

 

General References

Henning, T. & Hemmen, J. 1993. Ranellidae and Personidae of the World. Wiesbaden, Germany : V.C. Hemmen 263 pp. [126, pl. 24, fig. 5]

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] [fig. 25]

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. [250, text fig.]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jun-2021	TONNOIDEA	25-Jul-2012	MOVED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
01-Jun-2021		13-Jul-2012	MODIFIED
		08-Mar-2012	MODIFIED