Species Domiporta carnicolor (Reeve, 1844)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Mitra carnicolor Reeve, L.A. 1844. Monograph of the genus Mitra. pls 1-27 in Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologica Iconica. London : Reeve & Bentham Vol. 2. [pl. 21, sp. 164].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH no. 1899.2.18.1, Cebu, Philippine Islands.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Cernohorsky, W.O. 1991. The Mitridae of the World. Part 2. The subfamily Mitrinae concluded and subfamilies Imbricariinae and Cylindromitrinae. Monographs of Marine Mollusca 4: 1-164.
• Mitra spiripuncta Garrett, A. 1880. Catalogue of the Polynesian Mitridae, with remarks on their geographical range, station and descriptions of supposed new species. Journal of Conchology 3: 1-73 [27].

  Type data:

   
  Status unknown, Koro reefs, Fiji Islands; Koro reefs, Fiji Islands.
• Mitra millepunctata Sowerby, G.B. (3rd) 1889. Descriptions of fourteen new species of shells from China, Japan and the Andaman Islands. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 56: 565-570, pl. 28 [566, pl. 28, figs 5-6].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Port Blair, Andaman Islands.

 

Generic Combinations

• Domiporta carnicolor (Reeve, 1844). —
  Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [156]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific; Coral Sea region 18 (AMS C.326138)

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northeast Province (18), Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, coral reef, intertidal, marine, sand, shallow subtidal, subtidal.

 

General References

Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. Tropical Pacific marine shells. Sydney : Pacific Publications 352 pp., 68 pls. [104]

Cernohorsky, W.O. 1991. The Mitridae of the World. Part 2. The subfamily Mitrinae concluded and subfamilies Imbricariinae and Cylindromitrinae. Monographs of Marine Mollusca 4: 1-164 [93, pl. 86]

Kay, E.A. 1979. Hawaiian marine shells. Reef and shore fauna of Hawaii. Section 4 : Mollusca. Honolulu, Hawaii : Bishop Museum Press Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publication Vol. 64(4) 653 pp. [310]

Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [156, pl. 34, figs 8a-b]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jun-2021	MITRIDAE	31-Aug-2015	MODIFIED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
		15-Nov-2011	MODIFIED