Species Emarginula (Emarginula) bajula Hedley, 1913
Choice Notch Limpet, Delicate Slit-Limpet, The Beloved Emarginula
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.
- Emarginula bajula Hedley, C. 1913. Studies of Australian Mollusca. Part XI. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 38: 258–339 [276].
Type data:
Holotype AMSA C.24853 One shell, Maroubra Beach, NSW [33° 57' S , 151° 15' 18" E]. - Emarginula amitina Iredale, T. 1925. Mollusca from the continental shelf of eastern Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 14(4): 243-270 [Date published 9 April] [257, pl. 42, figs 12-13] [name emended to Emarginula amitina].
Type data:
Holotype AM C.53775 dry, east of Ulladulla, New South Wales, Australia. 135 m depth [35°19'58.8'S, 150°46'58.8'E].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Emarginula dilecta Australian authors [not A. Adams, 1852].
Introduction
This species has been known in Australian literature as Emarginula dilecta, but Macpherson (1966) has shown that this is not an Australian species.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
Southwest Shelf Province (31), 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), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)
Ecological Descriptors
Continental shelf, intertidal, marine, under stones.
General References
Cotton, B.C. 1959. South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia. Adelaide : South Australian Government Printer 449 pp. [60, fig. 23] (as Notomella dilecta)
Macpherson, J.H. 1966. Port Phillip Survey 1957–1963. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 27: 201–288 [206]
Torr, C.M. 1914. Radula of some South Australian Gasteropoda. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 38: 362-368 [364, pl. 19, no. 10] (As Emarginula dilecta )
Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [55, pl. 6, fig. 10] (As Emarginula dilecta)
Common Name References
Cotton, B.C. 1959. South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia. Adelaide : South Australian Government Printer 449 pp. [60] (as Notomella dilecta) (Choice Notch Limpet)
Cotton, B.C. & Godfrey, F.K. 1934. South Australian Shells. Part 10. South Australian Naturalist 15(2): 41-56 [43] (The Beloved Emarginula)
Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1962. Marine molluscs of Victoria. Melbourne : Melbourne University Press & National Museum of Victoria 475 pp. [37] (Delicate Slit-Limpet)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22-Jan-2015 | FISSURELLOIDEA | 02-Jan-2015 | MODIFIED | Mr Des Beechey (AM) Stephanie Baccarella (AM) Dr Peter Middelfart (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) Dr Winston Ponder (AM) |
| 17-Aug-2011 | MODIFIED |