Species Gazameda gunnii (Reeve, 1849)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Turritella gunnii Reeve, L.A. 1849. Monograph of the genus Turritella. pls 1-11 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 5. [pl. 9, fig. 45].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Tasmania.
• Turritella philippensis Watson, R.B. 1881. Mollusca of "H.M.S. Challenger" expedition. Part 7. Families Pyramidellidae, Naticidae, Cassidae, Tritonidae. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 15: 217-274 [223].

 

Generic Combinations

• Gazameda gunnii (Reeve, 1849). —
  Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [139, pl. 14, figs 5a-b]
  Beechey, D. 2004. Gazameda gunnii (Reeve, 1849). http://seashellsofnsw.org.au/Turritellidae/Pages/Gazameda_gunnii.htm (date accessed 11/11/2011)

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

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)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, marine, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

8-140 m

 

General References

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 [310, pl. 28, figs 8-11]

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 [47]

Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [139, pl. 14, figs 5a, b]

 

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] (Gunn's Screw Shell)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jun-2021	TURRITELLIDAE	09-Feb-2015	MODIFIED	Dr Winston Ponder (AM) Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
		18-Oct-2011	MODIFIED