Species Laevilitorina kingensis (May, 1924)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Cyclostrema kingi Tenison-Woods, J.E. 1877. Census; with brief descriptions of the marine shells of Tasmania and the adjacent islands. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1877: 3-34 [39] [Brazier m.s nomen nudum].
• Natica kingensis May, W. 1924. Mollusca of King Island with descriptions of five new species. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1923: 47-55 [49, pl. 7, figs 3, 3a].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) TM E585/7926, Currie Harbour, King Island, Bass Strait.

Generic Combinations

• Macquariella kingensis (May, 1924). —
  Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [147]
• Notocochlis kingensis (May, 1924). —
  Kershaw, R.C. 1955. A systematic list of the Mollusca of Tasmania, Australia. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 89: 289-355 [314] (new combination)

Distribution

States

Tasmania

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

General References

Ponder, W.F. 1976. Three species of Littorinidae from southern Australia. Malacological Review 9(1-2): 105-114 [108]

Reid, D.G. 1989. The comparative morphology, phylogeny and evolution of the gastropod family Littorinidae. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B. Biological Sciences 324: 1-110 [91-82]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [147, text fig.]

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