Species Microcolus dunkeri (Jonas, 1844)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Fusus dunkeri Jonas, J.H. 1844. Molluskologische Beiträge. Vol. 1. [129].
• Fusus taylorianus Reeve, L.A. 1847. Monograph of the genus Fusus. pls 1-14 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 4.
• Siphonalia fuscozonata Angas, G.F. 1865. Descriptions of ten new species of shells, chiefly from the Australian Seas. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1865: 55-58, pl. 2 [56, pl. 2, fig. 7-8].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Cotton, B.C. & Godfrey, F.K. 1932. South Australian Shells, Part 3. South Australian Naturalist 13(2): 35-86, pls 1-4 [72]

 

Generic Combinations

• Microcolus dunkeri (Jonas, 1844). —
  Cotton, B.C. & Godfrey, F.K. 1932. South Australian Shells, Part 3. South Australian Naturalist 13(2): 35-86, pls 1-4 [72] (new combination as type species of genus Microcolus)

 

Distribution

States

South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

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), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

 

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. [384]

Pritchard, G.B. & Gatliff, J.H. 1898. Catalogue of the marine shells of Victoria. Part I. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 10(2): 236-284 [270]

Snyder, M.A. 2003. Catalogue of the marine gastropod family Fasciolariidae. Philadelphia : Scientific Publications Department in the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Special publication no. 21, pp. 1-431. [87]

Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [72, text fig.]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
06-Jul-2023	BUCCINOIDEA	06-Jul-2023	MOVED
28-Sep-2022	BUCCINOIDEA	06-Jul-2023	MODIFIED
01-Jun-2021	BUCCINOIDEA	31-Jul-2012	MODIFIED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ingo Burghardt Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
		19-Mar-2012	MODIFIED