Species Gadila whitneyae Lamprell & Healy, 1998
- Gadila whitneyae Lamprell, K.L. & Healy, J.M. 1998. A revision of the Scaphopoda from Australian waters (Mollusca). Records of the Australian Museum Suppl. 24: 1-189 [152].
Type data:
Holotype AM C174636, Buchanan Island, S side of Melville Island, near Darwin, NT [11°49'S 130°39'E].
Paratype(s) AM C173913 19 specimens, Bowen, QLD; AM C173924 5 specimens, Facing Island, Port Curtis, QLD; AM C173790 21 specimens, same data as holotype; AM C173795 1 specimen, beach below Crocodile research Station, Maningrida, Arnhem land, NT; AM C174637 1 specimen, 32 km off Point Charles, Darwin, NT, 27–37m [12°10'S 130°22'E]; AM C173791 1 specimen, Port Darwin, NT.
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Central Eastern Transition (15), Kenn Transition (16), Kenn Province (17), Northeast Province (18), Northeast Transition (19), Timor Province (2), Cape Province (20), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northwest Transition (3), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Northern Territory: N coast
- Queensland: NE coast, NE oceanic
- Western Australia: N coast, NW coast, NW oceanic
Ecological Descriptors
Mud bottom, sand bottom.
Extra Ecological Information
Sieved in littoral sand and dredged in mud and sand to 238 m.
General References
Scarabino, V. 2008. Gadila whitneyae Lamprell & Healy, 1998. In: MolluscaBase (2015). World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=344380 (Accessed on 2015-08-06)
Steiner, G. & Kabat, A.R. 2004. Catalog of species-group names of Recent and fossil Scaphopoda (Mollusca). Zoosystema 26(4): 549-726 [663]
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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30-Jun-2016 | SCAPHOPODA | 06-Aug-2015 | MODIFIED | Ms Anouk Mututantri |
12-Feb-2010 | (import) |