Genus Gyrineum Link, 1807

Museums

Regional Maps

• Gyrineum Link, H.F. 1807. Beschreibung der Naturalien Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock. Rostock : Alders Erben. [6 parts with no volume description; pp.1-50, 51-100, 101-165, 1-30, 1-38, 1-38].

  Type species:

   Gyrineum verrucosum Link, 1807 by subsequent designation (Murex gyrinus Linnaeus, 1758).
• Biplex Perry, G. 1810. Arcana; or The Museum of Natural History: containing the most recent discovered objects. Embellished with coloured plates, and corresponding descriptions; with extracts relating to animals, and remarks of celebrated travellers; combining a general survey of nature. London : J. Stratford Vol. 1 84 pls & accompanying text. [Publication dated as 1810–1811, pages and plates not numbered. See Mathews & Iredale (1912) for details of publication dates.].

  Type species:

   Biplex perca Perry, 1811 by subsequent designation.

  Secondary source:

   Perry, G. 1811. Conchology, or the natural history of shells containing a new arrangement of the genera and species, illustrated by coloured engravings, executed from the natural specimens and including the latest discoveries. London : W. Miller 4 pp., 62 pls.
• Apollon Montfort, P.D. de 1810. Conchyliologie Systematique, et Classification Methodique des Coquilles. Paris : F. Schoell Tome 2 676 + 16 pp. [570] [Apolla [Oken, 1817, Isis, 1(8): 1168], Apollo [Schinz, 1822, Das Thierreich... von Cuvier, 2: 685] and Apollia [Reichenbach, 1828, Allgemeine Taschenbibliothek der Naturwissenschaften, 5(1): 91] are incorrect subsequent spellings].

  Type species:

   Murex gyrinus Linnaeus, 1758 by monotypy.
• Gyrinella Dall, W.H. 1924. Notes on molluscan nomenclature. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 37: 87-90 [89].

  Type species:

   Ranella pusilla Broderip, 1833 by original designation.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Strong, E.E., Puillandre, N., Beu, A.G., Castelin, M. & Bouchet, P. 2019. Frogs and tuns and tritons – A molecular phylogeny and revised family classification of the predatory gastropod superfamily Tonnoidea (Caenogastropoda). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 130: 18–34 (Synonymy of Biplex)

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Circumtropical

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Lord Howe Province (14), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

General References

Beu, A.G. 1998. Indo-West Pacific Ranellidae, Bursidae and Personidae. A monograph of the New Caledonian fauna, with revisions of related taxa. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] 178: 1-256 [37]

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 [55]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [241]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jun-2021	LITTORINIMORPHA Golikov & Starobogatov, 1975	19-Mar-2019	MODIFIED
01-Jun-2021	TONNOIDEA	13-Nov-2015	MODIFIED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
		08-Mar-2012	MODIFIED