Species Heliacus (Heliacus) variegatus (Gmelin, 1791)

• Trochus variegatus 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].
• Trochus perspectiviunculus Dillwyn, L.W. 1817. A Descriptive Catalogue of Recent Shells, arranged according to the Linnaean method; with particular attention to the synonymy. London : John and Arthur Arch 2 volumes 1092 + 29 pp. [783].
• Solarium perspectiviunculum depressa 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. [30, pl. 4, fig. 10] [as Solarium perspectiviunculum var. depressa Philippi, 1853].
• Solarium (Torinia) perspectiviunculus planulata Hanley, S. 1863. Monograph of the recent species of the genus Solarium of Lamarck. 227-246, pls 250-254 in Sowerby, G.B. (ed). Thesaurus Conchyliorum, or Monographs of Genera of Shells. London : Sowerby Vol. 3. [238, pl. 254, fig. 63] [as Solarium (Torinia) perspectiviunculus var? planulata Hanley, 1863].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1907.10.28.64.
• Torinia gyrus depressiuscula Bayer, C. 1948. Catalogue of the Solariidae in the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie. III. Torinia. Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden) 4: 3-44 [22].
• Torinia rosae Selli, R. 1973. Missione geologica dell'Azienda Generale Italiana Petroli (A.G.I.P.) nella Dancalia meridionale e sugli altipiani Hararini (1936-1938). Documentazione Paleontologica, Accademia nazionale dei Lincei 4(2): 155-444, pls 1-30.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Bieler, R. 1993. Architectonicidae of the Indo-Pacific (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Verhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins in Hamburg 30: 1-377 [185]

Generic Combinations

• Torinia (Torinia) variegata depressa (Philippi, 1853). —
  Marshall, W.B. 1887. Monograph of the family Solariidae. pp. 3-32, pls 1-6 in Tryon, G.W. (ed.). Solariidae, Ianthinidae, Trichotropidae, Scalariidae, Cerithiidae, Rissoidae, Littorinidae. Manual of Conchology. Philadelphia : G.W. Tryon Vol. 9 488 pp., 71 pls. [17, pl. 5, fig. 77] (as Torinia (Torinia) variegata var. depressa (Philippi, 1853))
• Torinia (Torinia) variegata planulata (Hanley, 1863). —
  Marshall, W.B. 1887. Monograph of the family Solariidae. pp. 3-32, pls 1-6 in Tryon, G.W. (ed.). Solariidae, Ianthinidae, Trichotropidae, Scalariidae, Cerithiidae, Rissoidae, Littorinidae. Manual of Conchology. Philadelphia : G.W. Tryon Vol. 9 488 pp., 71 pls. [17, pl. 5, fig. 77] (as Torinia (Torinia) variegata var. planulata (Hanley, 1863))
• Torinia variegata (Gmelin, 1791). —
  Carpenter, P.P. 1865. The following list of synonyms. Basteria 1865: 516-517 [516]
• Solarium variegatum (Gmelin, 1791). —
  Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de M. 1816. Liste des objets représentés dans les planches de cette livraison. pp. 1-16 in Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de M. Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature. Vers, coquilles, mollusques et polypiers. Paris : Agasse Part 23 pp. 1-16, pls 391-488. [pl. 446, figs 6a-b]
• Solarium (Torinia) variegatum (Gmelin, 1791). —
  Kobelt, W. 1876. Illustrirtes Conchylienbuch. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe, E. Küster xvi 331 pp. (1876-1878). [87, pl. 32, fig. 10]
• Heliacus variegatus (Gmelin, 1791). —
  Barnard, K.H. 1963. Contributions to the knowledge of South African Marine Mollusca, Part III: Gastropoda, Prosobranchiata; Taeniglossa. Annals of the South African Museum 47(1): 1-199 [162]
• Heliacus (Heliacus) variegatus (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 16-18]

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Heliacus (Heliacus) variegatus Misidentification, in part, figs. 13-15. Not Trochus variegatus Gmelin, 1791. Is 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]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Tropical and temperate Indo-West Pacific, Red Sea, Philippinesl Bieler, 1993: Distribution map fig. 158, p. 189. 'Continuous range from the African east coast to central Pacific.'.

IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), 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 [189]

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] (In part)

Kay, E.A. 1979. Hawaiian marine shells. Reef and shore fauna of Hawaii. Section 4 : Mollusca. Honolulu, Hawaii : Bishop Museum Press Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publication Vol. 64(4) 653 pp. [99-100]

Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. Shells of the Philippines. Manila : Carfel Seashell Museum 377 pp., 100 pls. [26]

Common Name References

Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [46, pl. 104] (Variegated Sundial)

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