Species Iniforis violacea (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Cerithium violaceum 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. [134, pl. 55, fig. 22-23].

 

Generic Combinations

• Iniforis violaceus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834). —
  Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [272]
• Triphoris violaceus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1834). —
  Brazier, J. 1877. Shells collected during the Chevert Expedition. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1(4): 311-321 [319]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Intertidal, marine, rocks.

 

General References

Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. Tropical Pacific marine shells. Sydney : Pacific Publications 352 pp., 68 pls. [169]

Chang, C-K & Wu, W-L 2005. The Taiwan Mollusks II - Triphoridae (Mollusca: Mesogastropoda) from Lutao, Taitung. Taiwan : Research Center for Biodiversity, Academia Sinica pp. 1-116. [11, fig. 11]

Laseron, C. 1958. The Family Triphoridae (Mollusca) from Northern Australia, also Triphoridae from Christmas Island (Indian Ocean). Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 9(4): 569-658, figs 1-255 [579]

Maes, V.O. 1967. The littoral marine mollusks of Cocos-Keeling Islands (Indian Ocean). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 119: 93–217 [116]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [272]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
07-Feb-2024	LITTORINIMORPHA Golikov & Starobogatov, 1975	31-Oct-2023	MODIFIED	Dr Mandy Reid (ABRS)
01-Jun-2021	TRIPHOROIDEA	21-Mar-2012	MODIFIED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
		29-Feb-2012	MODIFIED