Species Gyrineum pulchellum (Sowerby, 1825)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Ranella pulchella Sowerby, G.B. (1st) 1825. A catalogue of the shells contained in the collection of the late Earl of Tankerville : arranged according to the Lamarckian conchological system: together with an appendix, containing descriptions of many new species. London : printed by E.J. Stirling for G.B. Sowerby vii, 92 pp. + appendix of xxiv pp. + coloured plates. [appendix, 18].
• Ranella jucunda Adams, A. 1854. Descriptions of new shells from the collection of H. Cuming Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1853(21): 69-74 [70].

  Type data:

   Neotype off Bowen, Queensland.

 

Generic Combinations

• Biplex pulchella (Sowerby, 1825). —
  Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [31, pl. 40, figs 4a-b]
• Gyrineum pulchellum (Sowerby, 1825). —
  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

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indonesia, Papua New Guinea

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, marine, mud-silt, sand.

 

General 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. [115, fig. 10]

Beu, A.G. 1971. Some synonymies in the molluscan family Cymatiidae. Journal of the Malacological Society of Australasia 2 2: 101-111 [104, pl. 8, figs 16, 17] (as Gyrineum (Biplex) jacundum)

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 [31, figs 3j-i]

Cotton, B.C. 1964. Molluscs of Arnhem Land. Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land 4 (Zoology): 9–43 [25, pl. 2, fig. 14]

Forbes, E. 1851. On the Mollusca collected by Mr MacGillivray during the voyage of the Rattlesnake. In, MacGillivray, J. (ed.). Narrative of the Voyage of the H.M.S. Rattlesnake, commanded by the late Captain Owen Stanley, during the years 1846-1850. London : T. & W. Boone Vol. 2 395 pp. [382, pl. 3, figs 6a, b]

Henning, T. & Hemmen, J. 1993. Ranellidae and Personidae of the World. Wiesbaden, Germany : V.C. Hemmen 263 pp. [32, pl. 4, fig. 5]

McMichael, D.F. 1960. Shells of the Australian sea-shore. Brisbane : Jacaranda Press 127 pp., 287 figs. [Date published December] [78, fig. 158]

Rippingale, O.H. & McMichael, D.F. 1961. Queensland and Great Barrier Reef shells. Brisbane : Jacaranda Press 210 pp. [68, pl. 7, fig. 17]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [242, pl. 40, figs 4a, b]

Wilson, B.R. & Gillett, K. 1971. Australian shells: illustrating and describing 600 species of marine gastropods found in Australian waters. Sydney : Reed Books 168 pp. [78, pl. 53, figs 15, 15a]

 

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. [115] (Kookaburra Shell Or Cockaroo)

 

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	11-Jul-2012	MODIFIED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
		08-Mar-2012	MODIFIED