Species Epidendrium aureum Gittenberger & Gittenberger, 2005
- Epidendrium aureum Gittenberger, A. & Gittenberger, E. 2005. A hitherto unnoticed adaptive radiation: epitoniid species (Gastropoda : Epitoniidae) associated with corals (Scleractinia). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 74(1-2): 125-203 [http://www.ctoz.nl/ctz/vol74/nr01/art09 ] [150, figs. 51–52, 92, 118, table 1].
Type data:
Holotype RMNH 95287, W Ulong, W of barrier reef, Tsey’s tunnel, Palau [07°18'40"N, 134°13'30"E].
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-west Pacific: Red Sea, Maldives, Kii Peninsula to Okinawa, Japan, Aliguay Is., Philippines, south to Queensland, Australia
IMCRA
Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Continental shelf, coral, marine, subtidal.
Extra Ecological Information
2-28 m
General References
Brown, L.G. & Neville, B.D. 2015. Catalog of the recent taxa of the families Epitoniidae and Nystiellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) with a bibliography of the descriptive and systematic literature. Zootaxa 3907(1): 1-188 [41]
Gittenberger, A. & Gittenberger, E. 2005. A hitherto unnoticed adaptive radiation: epitoniid species (Gastropoda : Epitoniidae) associated with corals (Scleractinia). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 74(1-2): 125-203 [http://www.ctoz.nl/ctz/vol74/nr01/art09 ]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EPITONIOIDEA | 08-Mar-2012 | ADDED | Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) Lyn Randall |