Species Homalocantha anatomica (Perry, 1811)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Hexaplex anatomica Perry, G. 1811. Conchology, or the natural history of shells containing a new arrangement of the genera and species, illustrated by coloured engravings, executed from the natural specimens and including the latest discoveries. London : W. Miller 4 pp., 62 pls. [pl. 8, fig. 2].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Indes Orientales.
• Murex rota Mawe, J. 1823. The Linnean System of Chonchology, describing the orders, genera and species of shells, arranged into divisions and families. London : Longman, Hurst, Reese, Orme & Brown 207 pp. [131, pl. 26, fig. 8].

 

Generic Combinations

• Homalocantha anatomica (Perry, 1811). —
  Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [37, pl. 6, fig. 32]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific, from Red Sea to Philippines

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

 

General References

Beechey, D. 2004. Muricidae coverage. http://seashellsofnsw.org.au/Muricidae/Pages/Muricidae_coverage.htm (date accessed 21/10/11)

Cernohorsky, W.O 1967. The Muricidae of Fiji (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Part 1. Subfamilies Muricinae and Tritonaliinae. Veliger 10(2): 111-132, pls 14,15 [128, pl. 15, fig. 16, text fig. 9]

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. [336, fig. 83A-B]

Middelfart, P. 1997. An illustrated checklist of Muricidae (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia) from the Andaman Sea, Thailand. Phuket Marine Biological Center Special Publication 17(2): 349-388 [378, pl. 5, fig. 12]

Radwin, G. & D'Atillio, A. 1976. Murex shells of the world, an illustrated guide to the Muricidae. Stanford : Stanford University Press 1-284, 32 pls, 192 text figs. [52, pl. 8, figs 6-10]

Tröndle, J. & Houart, R. 1992. Les Muricidae de Polynesie Francaise. Apex 7(3-4): 67-149 [80, fig. 31]

Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [37, pl. 6, fig. 32]

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. [84, pl. 57, fig. 10]

 

Common Name References

Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [144] (Skeleton Murex)

Reeve, L.A. 1845. Monograph of the genus Murex. pls 1-34 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 3. [sp. 105] (as Murex rota) (The Water-Wheel Murex)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jun-2021	MURICIDAE	21-Jun-2017	ADDED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ingo Burghardt (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
01-Jun-2021		21-Oct-2011	MODIFIED
		05-Oct-2011	MODIFIED