Species Epigrus cylindraceus (Tenison-Woods, 1878)
- Rissoa cylindracea Tenison-Woods, J.E. 1878. On some new marine shells. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2(3): 262-266 [266].
Type data:
Holotype AM C.2469 dry, 5 mls east of Sydney Heads, New South Wales, Australia [33°49'58.8'S, 151°22'58.8'E]. - Eulima dissimilis Watson, R.B. 1886. Report on the Scaphopoda and Gastropoda collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 15(42): 756 pp., 50 pls [522, pl. 37, fig. 5].
Type data:
Holotype Port Jackson, N.S.W. - Rissoa ischna Tate, R. 1899. Contribution to a revision of the Recent Rissoidae of Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 23(2): 230-244 [233] [unnecessary replacement name for Rissoa cylindraceus Tenison-Woods, 1878].
- Rissoa (Amphithalamus) simsoni Tate, R. & May, W.L. 1900. Descriptions of new genera and species of Australian Mollusca (chiefly Tasmanian). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 24(2): 90-103 [Date published after 2 October 1900] [100, pl. 26, fig. 16].
Type data:
Holotype TM E.429/7770, derwent Estuary, Tasmania. - Epigrus borda Cotton, B.C. 1944. Recent Australian species of the family Rissoidae (Mollusca). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 68(2): 286-314 [308, pl. 16, fig. 10].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA, Cape Borda, South Australia, 62 fathoms.
Generic Combinations
- Epigrus cylindracea (Tenison-Woods, 1878). —
Ponder, W.F. 1984. A review of the genera of the Iravadiidae (Gastropoda : Rissoacea) with an assessment of the relationships of the family. Malacologia 25: 21-71 [101] - Cingula (Pelecydium) cylindracea (Tenison-Woods, 1878). —
Ludbrook, N.H. 1956. The molluscan fauna of the Pliocene strata underlying the Adelaide Plains. Part III — Scaphopoda, Polyplacophora, Gastropoda (Haliotidae to Tornidae). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 79: 1-36 pls 1-2 [30] - Epigrus dissimilis (Watson, 1886). —
Ponder, W.F. 1985. A review of the genera of the Rissoidae (Mollusca: Mesogastropoda: Rissoacea). Records of the Australian Museum suppl. 4: 1-221 [101]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
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), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Marine.
General References
Cotton, B.C. 1944. Recent Australian species of the family Rissoidae (Mollusca). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 68(2): 286-314 [304]
Laseron, C. 1956. The families Rissoinidae and Rissoidae (Mollusca) from the Solanderian and Damperian zoogeographical provinces. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 7(3): 384-484 [448, fig. 166]
Ludbrook, N.H. 1956. The molluscan fauna of the Pliocene strata underlying the Adelaide Plains. Part III — Scaphopoda, Polyplacophora, Gastropoda (Haliotidae to Tornidae). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 79: 1-36 pls 1-2 [30]
Ponder, W.F. 1985. A review of the genera of the Rissoidae (Mollusca: Mesogastropoda: Rissoacea). Records of the Australian Museum suppl. 4: 1-221 [101]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07-Feb-2024 | LITTORINIMORPHA Golikov & Starobogatov, 1975 | 11-Oct-2023 | MODIFIED | Dr Mandy Reid (ABRS) |
| 01-Jun-2021 | RISSOOIDEA | 01-Dec-2015 | MODIFIED | Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) |
| 25-Nov-2013 | MODIFIED |