General References

Haszprunar, G. 1988. Comparative anatomy of cocculiniform gastropods and its bearing on archaeogastropod systematics. Malacological Review Supplement 4: 64-88

Haszprunar, G. 1998. Superorder Cocculiniformia. pp. 653-664 in Beesley, P.L., Ross, G.J.B. & Wells, A. (eds). Mollusca: The Southern Synthesis. Fauna of Australia. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 5(Part B) pp. vi–viii, 565–1234.

History of changes

• Choristellinae.

General References

Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. 2005. Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia 47: 1–397 [243]

Haszprunar, G. 1998. Superorder Cocculiniformia. pp. 653-664 in Beesley, P.L., Ross, G.J.B. & Wells, A. (eds). Mollusca: The Southern Synthesis. Fauna of Australia. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 5(Part B) pp. vi–viii, 565–1234.

McLean, J.H. 1992. Systematic review of the family Choristellidae (Prosobranchia: Lepetellacea), with descriptions of new species. The Veliger 35: 273-294 [274] (as Choristellidae)

History of changes

• Choristella Bush, K.J. 1897. Revision of the marine gastropods referred to Cyclostrema, Adeorbis, Vitrinella, and related genera; with descriptions of some new genera and species belonging to the Atlantic fauna of America. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 10: 97-144, pls 22-23 [138].

  Type species:

   Choristella leptalea Bush, 1897 by original designation.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Cosmopolitan

IMCRA

Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40)

General References

Haszprunar, G. 1992. On the anatomy and relationships of the Choristellidae (Archaeogastropoda: Lepetelloidea). The Veliger 35(4): 295-307 [296]

McLean, J.H. 1992. Systematic review of the family Choristellidae (Prosobranchia: Lepetellacea), with descriptions of new species. The Veliger 35: 273-294 [275-286]

History of changes

• Choristella ponderi McLean, J.H. 1992. Systematic review of the family Choristellidae (Prosobranchia: Lepetellacea), with descriptions of new species. The Veliger 35: 273-294 [282, figs 30-38].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.151524 in skate egg case, 3.2 x 4.7 mm specimen, off Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 124 m [34°10'1.2"S, 151°28'58.8"E].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Lives inside used egg cases of sharks and rays

General References

Beechey, D. 2008. Choristella ponderi McLean, 1992. http://seashellsofnsw.org.au/Choristellidae/Pages/Choristella_ponderi.htm (date accessed 27-9-11)

McLean, J.H. 1992. Systematic review of the family Choristellidae (Prosobranchia: Lepetellacea), with descriptions of new species. The Veliger 35: 273-294 [282-285]

History of changes

General References

Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. 2005. Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia 47: 1–397 [244]

Haszprunar, G. 1988. Anatomy and relationships of the bone-feeding limpets, Cocculinella minutissima (Smith) and Osteopelta mirabilis Marshall (Archaeogastropoda). Journal of Molluscan Studies 54(1): 1-20

Haszprunar, G. 1998. Superorder Cocculiniformia. pp. 653-664 in Beesley, P.L., Ross, G.J.B. & Wells, A. (eds). Mollusca: The Southern Synthesis. Fauna of Australia. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 5(Part B) pp. vi–viii, 565–1234.

Marshall, B.A. 1983. The family Cocculinellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in New Zealand. Records of the National Museum of New Zealand 2: 139-143

History of changes

• Cocculinella Thiele, J. 1909. Cocculinoidea und die Gattungen Phenacolepas und Titiscania. pp. 1-48, pls 1-6 in Küster, H.C., Martini, F.W. & Chemnitz, J.H. (eds). Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Bd II, Abt. 11a. [21] [Indian Ocean, deep water].

  Type species:

   Acmaea minutissima E.A. Smith, 1904 by monotypy.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria

IMCRA

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

General References

Marshall, B.A. 1986. Recent and Tertiary Cocculinidae and Pseudococculinidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from New Zealand and New South Wales. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 12: 505-546 [Date published 2 Jul 1986] [540]

Moore, R.C. (ed.) 1960. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part I. Mollusca 1. Boulder, Colorado & Lawrence, Kansas : Geological Society of America & University of Kansas Press xxiii + 351 pp. [I236] (as genus of family Lepetellidae)

History of changes

• Cocculina coercita Hedley, C. 1907. The results of deep sea investigation in the Tasman Sea. Mollusca from eighty fathoms off Narrabeen. Records of the Australian Museum 6: 283–304 [289, pl. 54, figs 1, 2].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.25772 dry, 22 mls east of Narrabeen, north of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. 146 m depth [33°42'S, 151°43'1.2"E].

Generic Combinations

• Cocculinella coercita (Hedley, 1907). —
  Marshall, B.A. 1983. The family Cocculinellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in New Zealand. Records of the National Museum of New Zealand 2: 139-143 [140]
  Marshall, B.A. 1986. Recent and Tertiary Cocculinidae and Pseudococculinidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from New Zealand and New South Wales. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 12: 505-546 [Date published 2 Jul 1986] [540]
  Beechey, D. 2008. Cocculinella coercita (Hedley, 1907). http://seashellsofnsw.org.au/Cocculinellidae/Pages/Cocculinella_coercita.htm
• Tectisumen coercita (Hedley, 1907). —
  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 [37, no. 689]
  Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [44]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

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

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, continental slope, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Most likely feed on fish bones, 146-550 m

History of changes

• Lepetellinae.

General References

Haszprunar, G. 1998. Superorder Cocculiniformia. pp. 653-664 in Beesley, P.L., Ross, G.J.B. & Wells, A. (eds). Mollusca: The Southern Synthesis. Fauna of Australia. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 5(Part B) pp. vi–viii, 565–1234.

History of changes

• Tectisumen Finlay, H.J. 1926. A further commentary on New Zealand molluscan systematics. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 57: 320-485 pls 18-23 [Issued separately 23 Dec 1926; but Vol. 57 issued 10 March, 1927] [374].

  Type species:

   Tectisumen mayi Finlay, 1926 by original designation.

Distribution

States

South Australia, Tasmania

IMCRA

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)

History of changes

• Tectisumen mayi Finlay, H.J. 1926. A further commentary on New Zealand molluscan systematics. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 57: 320-485 pls 18-23 [Issued separately 23 Dec 1926; but Vol. 57 issued 10 March, 1927] [374].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Schouten Island, Tasmania, 40 fathoms.

Distribution

States

South Australia, Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

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)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, marine.

General References

Cotton, B.C. 1945. Southern Australian Gastropoda. Part 1. Streptoneura. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 69(1): 150-171 [166] (as Tectisumen mayi Finlay, 1926)

Cotton, B.C. 1959. South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia. Adelaide : South Australian Government Printer 449 pp. [284]

Dell'Angelo, B., Sosso, M. & Bonfitto, A. 2011. First record of Cocculinella (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Cocculiniformia) from the Lower Pleistocene of Southern Italy with the description of two new species. Geodiversitas 33(4): 739-746 (state that Tectisumen mayi has been incorrectly placed in Cocculinella in some online lists)

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [44] (as Tectisumen mayi Finlay, 1926)

History of changes

• Cocculinella tasmanica May, W.L. 1920. New species of Tasmanian Mollusca, with critical remarks on several described species, and additions to the list. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1919: 55-69 pls 14-17 [Date published 6 Mar 1920] [67, pl. 17, fig. 25].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, 40-70 fathoms along the East coast, Tasmania.

Generic Combinations

• Tectisumen tasmanica (May, 1920). —
  Cotton, B.C. 1945. Southern Australian Gastropoda. Part 1. Streptoneura. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 69(1): 150-171 [166]
  Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [44]

Distribution

States

South Australia, Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

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)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, continental slope, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

To 237 m

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. [283]

Dell'Angelo, B., Sosso, M. & Bonfitto, A. 2011. First record of Cocculinella (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Cocculiniformia) from the Lower Pleistocene of Southern Italy with the description of two new species. Geodiversitas 33(4): 739-746 (state that Tectisumen tasmanica has been incorrectly placed in Cocculinella in some online lists)

Finlay, H.J. 1927. New specific names for Austral Mollusca. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 57: 488-533 [494]

History of changes

General References

Haszprunar, G. 1988. Anatomy and affinities of pseudococculinid limpets (Mollusca, Archaeogastropoda). Zoologica Scripta 17(2): 161-179

Haszprunar, G. 1998. Superorder Cocculiniformia. pp. 653-664 in Beesley, P.L., Ross, G.J.B. & Wells, A. (eds). Mollusca: The Southern Synthesis. Fauna of Australia. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 5(Part B) pp. vi–viii, 565–1234.

Hickman, C.S. 1983. Radula patterns, systematics, diversity and ecology of deep-sea limpets. The Veliger 26(2): 73-92 [83-85]

Marshall, B.A. 1986. Recent and Tertiary Cocculinidae and Pseudococculinidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from New Zealand and New South Wales. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 12: 505-546 [Date published 2 Jul 1986] [520]

History of changes

• Kurilabyssia Moskalev I.I. On the generic classification in Cocculinidae (Gastropdoa, Prosobranchia). Trudy Instituta Okeanologii Imeni P.P. Shirshova Akademiya Nauk SSSR 99: 59-70 [Date published 1976: in Russian] [65].

  Type species:

   Kurilabyssia squamosa Moskalev, 1976 by original designation.

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

New Zealand.

IMCRA

Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

General References

Marshall, B.A. 1986. Recent and Tertiary Cocculinidae and Pseudococculinidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from New Zealand and New South Wales. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 12: 505-546 [Date published 2 Jul 1986] [536-537]

History of changes

• Kurilabyssia antipodensis Marshall, B.A. 1986. Recent and Tertiary Cocculinidae and Pseudococculinidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from New Zealand and New South Wales. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 12: 505-546 [Date published 2 Jul 1986] [536].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C142212 dry, submerged wood fragments, off Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. 823 m depth [33°27'S, 152°7'1.2"E].

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

New Zealand.

IMCRA

Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental slope, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

In 823 m, found on submerged wood

General References

Beechey, D. 2008. Kurilabyssia antipodensis Marshall, 1986. http://seashellsofnsw.org.au/Pseudococculinidae/Pages/Kurilabyssia_antipodensis.htm (date accessed 27-9-11)

Marshall, B.A. 1986. Recent and Tertiary Cocculinidae and Pseudococculinidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from New Zealand and New South Wales. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 12: 505-546 [Date published 2 Jul 1986] [536-537]

History of changes

• Notocrater Finlay, H.J. 1926. A further commentary on New Zealand molluscan systematics. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 57: 320-485 pls 18-23 [Issued separately 23 Dec 1926; but Vol. 57 issued 10 March, 1927] [374].

  Type species:

   Cocculina craticulata Suter by original designation.
• Punctolepeta Habe, T. 1958. Descriptions of ten new gastropod species. Venus 20(1): 32-42 [32].

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

New Zealand, Japan

IMCRA

Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

General References

Marshall, B.A. 1986. Recent and Tertiary Cocculinidae and Pseudococculinidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from New Zealand and New South Wales. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 12: 505-546 [Date published 2 Jul 1986] [526]

Moore, R.C. (ed.) 1960. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part I. Mollusca 1. Boulder, Colorado & Lawrence, Kansas : Geological Society of America & University of Kansas Press xxiii + 351 pp. [I236] (as subgenus of Cocculina)

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [44]

History of changes

• Notocrator ponderi Marshall, B.A. 1986. Recent and Tertiary Cocculinidae and Pseudococculinidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from New Zealand and New South Wales. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 12: 505-546 [Date published 2 Jul 1986] [530, figs 8I-K, 13G, H, table 15].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.142211 dry, submerged wood fragments, east of Wattamolla, New South Wales, Australia. 457 m depth [34°13'58.8"S, 151°28'1.2"E].

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, continental slope, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

115-384 m

General References

Beechey, D. 2008. Notocrater ponderi Marshall, 1986. http://seashellsofnsw.org.au/Pseudococculinidae/Pages/Notocrater_%20ponderi.htm (date accessed 27-9-11)

History of changes

• Pseudococculina Schepman, M.M. 1908. The Prosobranchia of the Siboga Expedition. Rhipidoglossa and Docoglossa. With an appendix by Prof. R. Bergh [Pectinobranchiata]. Siboga-Expéditie Report 49a(1): pp. 1-108, 9 pls [16].

  Type species:

   Pseudococculina rugosoplicata Schepman, 1908 by subsequent designation (Wenz, 1938, Handbuch der Paläozoologie, 6(1): 450).

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

New Zealand, Indonesia.

IMCRA

Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

General References

Marshall, B.A. 1986. Recent and Tertiary Cocculinidae and Pseudococculinidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from New Zealand and New South Wales. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 12: 505-546 [Date published 2 Jul 1986] [522]

Moore, R.C. (ed.) 1960. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part I. Mollusca 1. Boulder, Colorado & Lawrence, Kansas : Geological Society of America & University of Kansas Press xxiii + 351 pp. [I236] (as subgenus of Cocculina)

History of changes

• Pseudococculina gregaria Marshall, B.A. 1986. Recent and Tertiary Cocculinidae and Pseudococculinidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from New Zealand and New South Wales. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 12: 505-546 [Date published 2 Jul 1986] [522, figs 1, 6B, 7E-J, 12M-O, 13A, table 11].

  Type data:

   Holotype M.75105, Chatham Rise, New Zealand, 800-810 m, alive on wood [42°43.9'S, 176°08'E].

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

New Zealand.

IMCRA

Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental slope, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

384-714 m, alive on submerged wood

General References

Beechey, D. 2008. Pseudococculina gregaria Marshall, 1986. http://seashellsofnsw.org.au/Pseudococculinidae/Pages/Pseudococculina_gregaria.htm (date accessed 27-9-11)

History of changes