Species Gyroscala commutata (Monterosato, 1877)
Perplexing Ladder Shell
- Scalaria perplexa Pease, W.H. 1868. Description of sixty-five new species of marine gastropodae, inhabiting Polynesia. American Journal of Conchology 3(4): 271-297 [Date published 1868: dated 1867] [288].
- Scala perplicata Iredale, T. 1929. Strange molluscs in Sydney Harbour. The Australian Zoologist 5(4): 337-352, pls 37-38 [344].
Type data:
Status unknown, Sydney Harbour, NSW. - Scalaria consors Crosse, H. & Fischer, P. 1864. Diagnoses Mollkuscorum Australiae méridionalis. Journal de Conchyliologie 12: 346-350 [347].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 1870.10.26.102, ‘in sinu Saint-Vincent’ [South Australia].
Generic Combinations
- Opalia consors (Crosse & Fischer, 1864). —
Cotton, B.C. 1959. South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia. Adelaide : South Australian Government Printer 449 pp. [376] - Gyroscala (Pomiscala) lamellosa (Lamarck, 1822). —
Nakayama, T. 2003. A review of northwest Pacific Epitoniids (Gastropoda: Epitoniidae). Monographs of marine mollusca No. 6. Leiden, The Netherlands : Backhuys Publishers pp. 1-143. [78, pl. 5, figs 1, 4, 2-3] - Gyroscala lamellosa (Lamarck, 1822). —
Brown, L.G. & Neville, B.D. 2015. Catalog of the recent taxa of the families Epitoniidae and Nystiellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) with a bibliography of the descriptive and systematic literature. Zootaxa 3907(1): 1-188 [94] - Epitonium (Gyroscala) perplexum (Pease, 1868). —
Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. Shells of the Philippines. Manila : Carfel Seashell Museum 377 pp., 100 pls. [75] - Epitonium (Gyroscala) pyramis (Tinker, 1952). —
Rehder, H.A. 1980. The marine mollusks of Easter Island (Isla de Pascura) and Sala y Gómez. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 289: 1–167 [51, pl. 7, fig. 8]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Mediterranean, Atlantic, Indo Pacific: Maldives, Persian Gulf
IMCRA
Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Intertidal, marine, rocks, tide pools.
General References
Beechey, D. 2008. Epitonium lamellosum (Lamarck, 1822). The seashells of New South Wales website. http://seashellsofnsw.org.au/Epitoniidae/Pages/Epitonium_lamellosum.htm (date accessed 7/3/2012)
Cotton, B.C. 1956. Family Scalidae. Royal Society of South Australia Malacological Section 9: 4 pp. [1]
Cotton, B.C. 1959. South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia. Adelaide : South Australian Government Printer 449 pp. [376] (Opalia consors)
Kerslake, J. 1968. A note on Epitonium (Gyroscala) perplexum Pease in Australia (Gastropoda:Epitoniidae). Journal of the Malacological Society of Australasia 11: 68-70 [68]
Melvill, J.C. & Standen, R. 1901. The Mollusca of the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, and the Arabian Sea, as evidenced mainly through the collections of Mr. F.W. Townsend, 1893-1900; with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1901(ii): 327-460 pls xxi-xxiv [356] (Opalia consors)
Nakayama, T. 2003. A review of northwest Pacific Epitoniids (Gastropoda: Epitoniidae). Monographs of marine mollusca No. 6. Leiden, The Netherlands : Backhuys Publishers pp. 1-143. [78, pl. 5, figs 1, 4, 2-3]
Powell, A.W.B. 1965. New Zealand molluscan systematics with descriptions of new species. Part 5. Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum 6(2): 161-168, pls 122, 123 [161]
Smith, E.A. 1903. Marine Mollusca. (pp. 589-630, pls. XXXV-XXXVI) in Gardiner, J.S. (ed.). The Fauna and Geography of the Maldive and Laccadive Archipelagoes, being the account of work carried on and of the collections made by an expedition during the years 1899 and 1900. Cambridge : University Press Vol. II(Part II) pp. 589–698, pls. XXXV-XLVIII). [598] (Opalia consors)
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. [104, fig. 11] (Perplexing Ladder Shell)
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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07-Feb-2024 | LITTORINIMORPHA Golikov & Starobogatov, 1975 | 06-Sep-2023 | MODIFIED | Dr Mandy Reid (ABRS) |
01-Jun-2021 | EPITONIOIDEA | 15-Sep-2015 | ADDED | Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) Lyn Randall |
01-Jun-2021 | 07-Mar-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
13-Feb-2012 | MODIFIED |