Species Talopena gloriola Iredale, 1929
Fawn Top Shell
Compiler and date details
September 2014 - Des Beechey & Winston F. Ponder, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia. Reviewed by Bruce Marshall (Tepapa, New Zealand) & Claude Vilvens (Belgium).
December 2012 - Des Beechey, Peter U. Middelfart, Winston F. Ponder & Stephanie Baccarella, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
- Talopena gloriola Iredale, T. 1929. Mollusca from the continental shelf of eastern Australia. No. 2. Records of the Australian Museum 17(4): 157-189, pls 38-41 [170, pl. 39, fig. 7].
Type data:
Status unknown, Manly (New South Wales, Australia).
Distribution
States
New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
The Australian Museum holds specimens from Port Stephens to Sydney, NSW only. Wilson (1993) extends the range southwards to South Australia, no doubt based on Cotton (1959) who treats it in detail as occurring in SA. Macpherson & Gabriel (1962) does not list it from Victoria and May (1923) does not list it from Tasmania
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)
Ecological Descriptors
Marine.
General References
Beechey, D. 2000. Talopena gloriola Iredale, 1929. http://seashellsofnsw.org.au/Trochidae/Pages/Umboniinae/Talopena_gloriola.htm (date accessed 19-9-11)
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 [33]
Jansen, P. 1993. The family Trochidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in the Sydney metropolitan area and adjacent coast. The Australian Zoologist 29(1-2): 49-61 [59-60]
May, W.L. 1923. An illustrated index of Tasmanian shells: with 47 plates and 1052 species. Hobart : Government Printer 100 pp. [Date published 31 July 1923]
Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [94, text fig.]
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. [102] (Fawn Top Shell)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26-Sep-2011 | TROCHIDAE | 23-Sep-2011 | MOVED | Mr Des Beechey (AM) Stephanie Baccarella (AM) Dr Peter Middelfart (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) Dr Winston Ponder (AM) |
| 18-Aug-2021 | 19-Sep-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 07-Sep-2011 | MODIFIED |