Species Glyptozaria opulenta (Hedley, 1907)
Opulent Screw Shell
- Turritella opulenta Hedley, C. 1907. The results of deep sea investigation in the Tasman Sea. Mollusca from eighty fathoms off Narrabeen. Records of the Australian Museum 6: 283–304 [292, pl. 54, fig. 9].
Type data:
Holotype AM C.16764 dry, sticky mud and shell, 5.5-7.5 mls north east of Cape Three Points, New South Wales, Australia. 75-91 m depth [33°31'15.6"S, 151°34'51.6"E]. - Glyptozaria columnaria Cotton, B.C. & Woods, N.H. 1935. The correlation of Recent and fossil Turritellidae of Southern Australia. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 5(3): 369-387 [382].
Generic Combinations
- Glyptozaria opulenta (Hedley, 1907). —
Iredale, T. 1924. Results from Roy Bell's molluscan collections. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 49(3): 179–279, pls 33–36 [248]
Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [121-122, text fig]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Japan
IMCRA
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)
Ecological Descriptors
Continental shelf, continental slope, marine.
Extra Ecological Information
115-549 m
General References
Beechey, D. 2005. Glyptozaria opulenta (Hedley, 1907). http://seashellsofnsw.org.au/Cerithiidae/Pages/Glyptozaria_opulenta.htm (date accessed 5-10-11)
Bieler, R. 1995. Mathildidae from New Caledonia and the Loyalty Islands (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Heterobranchia). pp. 595-641 in Bouchet, P. (ed.). Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM, 14. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] 167: 1-654 [633]
Garrard, T.A. 1972. A review of the Australian Recent and Tertiary Turritellidae (Gastropoda: Mollusca). Journal of the Malacological Society of Australasia 2(3): 267-338 [332, pl. 29, fig. 15]
Houbrick, R.S. 1981. Systematic position of the genus Glyptozaria Iredale (Prosobranchia: Gastropoda). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 94: 838-847 [841-843]
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 [47]
Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [121-122, text fig.]
Common Name References
Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs. [92] (Opulent Screw Shell)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01-Jun-2021 | CERITHIIDAE | 18-Feb-2015 | MODIFIED | Dr Winston Ponder (AM) Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) |
| 27-Sep-2011 | MODIFIED |