Species Hypermastus mucronatus (Sowerby, 1866)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Eulima mucronata Sowerby, G.B. 1866. Monograph of the genus Eulima. pl. 1, 5-6 in Sowerby, G.B. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 15. [pl. 1, figs 9-11].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, BMNH 1870.10.26.114, Port Jackson, Sydney, NSW.

 

Generic Combinations

• Hypermastus mucronatus (Sowerby, 1866). —
  Cotton, B.C. 1959. South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia. Adelaide : South Australian Government Printer 449 pp. [374]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

 

General References

Cotton, B.C. 1959. South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia. Adelaide : South Australian Government Printer 449 pp. [374]

Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1–109 [52]

Waren, A. & Crossland, M.R. 1991. Revision of Hypermastus Pilsbry, 1899 and Turveria Berry, 1956 (Gastropoda:Prosobranchis:Eulimidae), two genera parasitic on sand dollars. Records of the Australian Museum 43: 85-112 [100]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [286]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jun-2021	EULIMOIDEA	12-Mar-2012	MODIFIED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
		30-Jan-2012	MODIFIED