Species Gyroscala xenicima (Melvill & Standen, 1903)
- Scala (Opalia) xenicima Melvill, J.C. & Standen, R. 1903. The genus Scala (Klein) Humprey, as represented in the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman and North Arabian Sea with descriptions of new species. Journal of Conchology 10: 340-351, pl. 7 [348, pl. 7, fig. 17].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 1903.15.12.20, Mekran coast, Charbar, 5 fms [ 9 m], mud bottom.; BMNH 1903.15.12.21, Gulf of Oman, 156 fms [285 m]. [24º 58´N, 56º 54´E].
Generic Combinations
- Amaea (Acrilla) xenicima (Melvill & Standen, 1903). —
Weil, A., Brown, L & Neville, B. 1999. The Wentletrap Book (Guide to the Recent Epitoniidae of the world). Rome : Evolver 244 pp. [82] - Gyroscala xenicima (Melvill & Standen, 1903). —
Garcia, E.F. 2003. New records of Indo-Pacific Epitoniidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) with the description of nineteen new species. Novapex 4: 1-22 [20]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Indo Pacific. Hawaiian Islands west to Zululand & Transkei, South Africa; Gulf of Arabia, Gulf of Oman, Iran; east Florida south to Brazil (García 2003:24)
IMCRA
Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Marine.
Extra Ecological Information
Intertidal to 285 m
General References
Beechey, D. 2008. Amaea xenicima (Melvill & Standen, 1903). The seashells of New South Wales. http://seashellsofnsw.org.au/Epitoniidae/Pages/Amaea_%20xenicima.htm (date accessed 8/3/2012)
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 [161]
Garcia, E.F. 2003. Gyroscala turnerae (Altena, 1971) (Gastropoda: Epitoniidae), a western Atlantic junior synonym of the Indo-Pacific Gyroscala xenicima (Melvill & Standen, 1903). American Conchologist 31(2): 21-25 [24]
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. [18, pl. 8, figs 13-14, 15-17]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EPITONIOIDEA | 21-Aug-2015 | ADDED | Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) Lyn Randall |