Species Heliacus (Heliacus) areola (Gmelin, 1791)
Variegated Sundial
Compiler and date details
2011 - Des Beechey & Winston Ponder, Australian Museum, Sydney
- Trochus areola Gmelin J.F. 1791. Caroli a Linné. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Lipsiae : Georg. Emanuel. Beer Vermes. Vol. 1(Part 6) pp. 3021–3910. [officially regarded by the ICZN Opinion 296 (26 Oct 1954) as the 13th edition of Systema Naturae] [3575].
- Solarium perspectiviunculum pallida Philippi, R.A. 1853. Die Gattung Solarium. 1-42, pls 1-4 in Küster, H.C., Martini, F.W. & Chemnitz, J.H. (eds). Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 2. [41, pl. 4, fig. 13] [as Solarium perspectiviunculum var. pallida Philippi, 1853].
- Torinia gyrus Bayer, C. 1948. Catalogue of the Solariidae in the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie. III. Torinia. Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 4: 3-44 [20].
Type data:
Status unknown.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Bieler, R. 1993. Architectonicidae of the Indo-Pacific (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Verhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins in Hamburg 30: 1-377 [191-192] (full synonymy given)
Generic Combinations
- Heliacus (Heliacus) areola (Gmelin, 1791). —
Bieler, R. 1993. Architectonicidae of the Indo-Pacific (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Verhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins in Hamburg 30: 1-377 [191, figs 157, 159-161] - Heliacus areola (Gmelin, 1791). —
Sharabati, D. 1984. Red Sea Shells. London : KPI Limited 128 pp. [pl. 5, fig. 4-4a] - Solarium areola (Gmelin, 1791). —
Deshayes, G.P. 1843. Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Paris : J.B. Baillière Vol. 9 728 pp. [100]
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Torinia variagata (non Gmelin, 1791) [misidentification. Is Heliacus (Heliacus) areola Gmelin, 1791]. —
Hinton, A.G. 1978. Guide to Australian Shells. Port Moresby : Robert Brown & Associates 82 pp. [pl. 10, fig. 12] - Heliacus (Heliacus) variegatus In part non Gmelin, 1791 [misidentification. Is Heliacus (Heliacus) areola (Gmelin, 1791)]. —
Garrard, T.A. 1977 [1978]. A revision of Australian Architectonicidae (Gastropoda: Mollusca). Records of the Australian Museum 31(13): 506-584 [published 31 October 1978, cover date 30 September 1977] [539, pl. 7, figs. 13-15] - Torinia variegata (non Gmelin, 1791) [misidentification. Is Heliacus (Heliacus) areola (Gmelin, 1791)]. —
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. [34, pl. 13, figs. 15, 15a, 15b] - Torinista variegata (non Gmelin, 1791) [misidentification. Is Heliacus (Heliacus) areola (Gmelin, 1791)]. —
Rippingale, O.H. & McMichael, D.F. 1961. Queensland and Great Barrier Reef shells. Brisbane : Jacaranda Press 210 pp. [63, pl. 6, fig. 27] - Solarium variegatum (non Gmelin, 1791) [misidentification. Is Heliacus (Heliacus) areola (Gmelin, 1791)]. —
Quoy, J.R. & Gaimard, J.P. 1834. Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe exécuté par Ordre du Roi, Pendant les Années 1826-1829. Paris : J. Tastu Zoologie Vol. 3 366 pp. [283, pl. 62, figs 24-25]
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Tropical and temperate Indo-West Pacific, Red Sea; Bieler, 1993: distribution map fig. 161, p. 195. 'Continuous range from African east coast to central Pacific. Record of H. areola s.s. from Galapagos Islands in need of verification'.
IMCRA
Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Carnivorous, coral, intertidal, marine, shallow subtidal.
General References
Bieler, R. 1993. Architectonicidae of the Indo-Pacific (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Verhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins in Hamburg 30: 1-377 [195]
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. [110, fig. 5] (Variegated Sundial)
History of changes
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