Species Livonia mammilla (Sowerby, 1844)
False Baler Shell, False Melon Shell
- Voluta mammilla Sowerby, G.B. (1st) 1844. Descriptions of six new species of Voluta. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 12: 149-152 [149].
- Livonia mamilla leucostoma Mayblom, A.R. 1951. Deep-sea shells from New South Wales. The Australian Zoologist 11: 281-284, pl. 26 [281, pl. 26, fig. 3] [misspelling].
Type data:
Holotype NMV F 19280, around Gabo Island (New South Wales, Australia), 80 fathoms.
Generic Combinations
- Mamillana mamilla (Sowerby, 1844). —
Crosse, H. 1871. Description Géographique et Catalogue des espèces actuelles du genre Voluta. Journal de Conchyliologie 3 19: 263-309, pl. 12, fig. 7 [308] (New combination, misspelling) - Scapha mamilla (Sowerby, 1844). —
Gray, J.E. 1855. Observations of the species of Volutes — Volutidae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1855(Part 23): 50-65 [Date published 16 May 1855] [55] (New combination, misspelling) - Cymbium mamilla (Sowerby, 1844). —
Adams, H. & Adams, A. 1853. The genera of Recent Mollusca arranged according to their organization. London : John Van Voorst Vol. 1(Parts I-VIII) pp. 1-256, pls 1-32. [159] (New combination, misspelling) - Livonia mammilla (Sowerby, 1844). —
Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [124, pl. 25, fig. 3; pl. 25A. fig. 4]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
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
Continental shelf, marine, sand.
Extra Ecological Information
180 m . 90-180 m.
General References
Poppe, G.T. & Goto, Y. 1992. Volutes. Ancona : L'Informatore Piceno 348 pp., pl. 1-107. [156,pl. 59, figs 1-5]
Weaver, C.S. & du Pont, J.E. 1970. Living Volutes - A Monograph of the Recent Volutidae of the World. Monograph Series No. 1. Greenville Delaware : Delaware Museum of Natural History pp. 1-375. [48,pl. 17A, 17B, 17c] (places leucostoma Mayblom, 1951 into synonymy)
Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [124,pl. 25, fig. 3,pl. 25A, fig. 4]
Common Name References
Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs. [164, pl. 16, fig. 9] (as Mamilliana mamilla) (False Melon Shell)
Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1962. Marine molluscs of Victoria. Melbourne : Melbourne University Press & National Museum of Victoria 475 pp. [220] (as Mamilliana mamilla) (False Baler Shell)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01-Jun-2021 | OLIVOIDEA | 02-Feb-2012 | MOVED | Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) |
| 28-Nov-2011 | MODIFIED |