Species Hypermastus placentae Warén & Crossland, 1991

Museums

Regional Maps

• Hypermastus placentae 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, fig. 7I-L,8A-c,11C,D,F,13L].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.160817 dry, lower intertidal sandflat, Townsville, Pallarenda Beach, Queensland, Australia [19°12'0"S, 146°46'1.2"E].

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Ectoparasitic (host(s): Arachnoides placenta [CLYPEASTERIDAE] Sand dollar), intertidal, marine, sand flats.

Associated Fauna References

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] (Arachnoides placenta)

General References

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]

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