Species Dolomena plicata (Röding, 1798)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Lambis plicata Röding, P.F. 1798. Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturae quae olim collegerat Joa. Hamburg : Trappii 199 pp. [Date published September 1798] [65, pt. 2, no. 835] [refers to Chemnitz, J.H. 1788. Neues systematiches Conchylien Cabinet. Nürnberg Vol. 10(1) pp. 1-376, pls 137-173 (figs 1271-1692): fig. 1496 (from Red Sea)].

  Secondary source:

   Abbott, R.T. 1960. The genus Strombus in the Indo-Pacific. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 1(2): 33-146 [90]; Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [157].

 

Introduction

Records of this species from Australia possibly refer to Dolomena pulchella, previously placed as a subspecies of D. plicata

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Red Sea, East Indian ocean

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27)

Ecological Descriptors

Algal substrate, continental shelf, macrophyte substrate, marine, sponge substrate, subtidal.

 

General References

Abbott, R.T. 1960. The genus Strombus in the Indo-Pacific. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 1(2): 33-146 [89, 92]

Cotton, B.C. 1953. No. 3. Strombidae. Adelaide : Royal Society of South Australia, Malacological Section 4 pp. 1 pl.

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

Kreipl, K. & Poppe, G.T. 1999. A Conchological Iconography: The Family Strombidae. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks 59 pp., 130 pls.

Raven, H 2002. Notes on molluscs from NW Borneo. 1. Stromboidea (Gastropoda, Strombidae, Rostellariidae, Seraphidae). Vita Malacologica 1: 3-32

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [157]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
07-Feb-2024	LITTORINIMORPHA Golikov & Starobogatov, 1975	06-Nov-2024	MODIFIED	Dr Mandy Reid (ABRS)
01-Jun-2021	STROMBOIDEA	26-Jul-2012	MOVED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
01-Jun-2021		23-Jul-2012	MODIFIED
		03-Feb-2012	MODIFIED