Species Diodora corbicula (Sowerby, 1862)
Compiler and date details
September 2014 - Des Beechey & Winston F. Ponder, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
December 2012 - Des Beechey, Peter U. Middelfart, Winston F. Ponder & Stephanie Baccarella, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
- Fissurella corbicula Sowerby, G.B. 1862. Thesaurus Conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. London : Sowerby Vol. 3. [200, pl. 242, fig. 180].
Type data:
Status unknown, (Type locality from Sowerby (1862), caption of pl. 242, fig. 180), Australia. - Fissurella lanceolata Sowerby, G.B. 1862. Thesaurus Conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. London : Sowerby Vol. 3. [200, pl. 242, fig. 182].
Type data:
Status unknown, (Type locality from Sowerby (1862), caption of pl. 242, fig. 182), Moreton Bay [Queensland].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Hedley, C. 1913. Studies of Australian Mollusca. Part XI. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 38: 258–339 [277]
Generic Combinations
- Diodora corbicula (Sowerby, 1862). —
Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [51] - Elegidion lanceolata (Sowerby, 1862). —
Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1–109 [31]
Introduction
Despite there being four references in "General References" below, this species seems not to have been recognised from Australia since it was described by Sowerby in 1862. There are no specimens in the Australian Museum collection, and a note in the Malacology Loose Leaf System by W.F. Ponder says "I cannot find this species in our collections from Queensland; see BM notes [by Hedley]".
Hedley (1913, p. 276) (see "General References") reported finding what were probably types in the Brithish Museum, and synonymised F. corbicula with F. lanceolata. He did not mention any other specimens.
Iredale & McMichael (1962, p. 31, sp. 547) (see "General References" below) list Elegedion lanceolata (Sowerby, 1862) in their NSW checklist, presumably relying for identification on Sowerby's figure. There is no literature up to 1962 to support their claim.
Cernohorsky (1978, p. 29) (See "General References" below) lists Diodora lanceolata (Sowerby, 1862) noting "usually recorded from Queensland, Australia".
Wilson (1993, p. 51) (See "General References" below) lists the species without a figure, clearly basing his information on Hedley (1913). Despite Hedley noting the type localities as "Australia" and "Cape Moreton", Wilson broadened the distribution to "Queensland".
The conclusion is that this species is known only from the type specimens of the senior and junior synonyms, and has not since been reliably reported from Australia.
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Known only from type locality.
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)
Ecological Descriptors
Intertidal, marine.
General References
Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. Tropical Pacific marine shells. Sydney : Pacific Publications 352 pp., 68 pls. [29] (as Diodora lanceolata, Sowerby, 1862)
Hedley, C. 1913. Studies of Australian Mollusca. Part XI. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 38: 258–339 [276]
Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1–109 [31]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22-Jan-2015 | FISSURELLOIDEA | 04-Sep-2014 | MODIFIED | Mr Des Beechey (AM) Stephanie Baccarella (AM) Dr Peter Middelfart (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) Dr Winston Ponder (AM) |
| 17-Aug-2011 | MODIFIED |