Species Cystiscus obesulus (May, 1920)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Marginella obesula May, W.L. 1920. New species of Tasmanian Mollusca, with critical remarks on several described species, and additions to the list. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1919: 55-69 pls 14-17 [Date published 6 Mar 1920] [58, pl. 14, fig. 5].

 

Generic Combinations

• Cystiscus obesula (May, 1920). —
  Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [141]

 

Distribution

States

South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

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

Marine.

 

General References

Hewish, D.R. & Gowlett-Holmes, K.L. 1991. Mollusc type specimens in the South Australian Museum. 4. Gastropoda: Marginellidae. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 25(1): 57-70 [65]

Vafiadis, P. 2004. Description of the external anatomy of the marine snail Cystiscus obesulus May (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Cystiscidae). Victorian Naturalist 121(4): 163-168

Wagner, R.J.L & Abbott, R.T. 1977. Standard Catalog of Shells. Greenville, Delaware : American Malacologists 3rd. [22-010]

Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [141]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jun-2021	CYSTISCIDAE	16-Jul-2014	MODIFIED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
		16-Jul-2014	MODIFIED