Species Macroschisma producta Adams, 1851
Elongated Keyhole Limpet, Narrow Slot Limpet
Compiler and date details
September 2014 - Des Beechey & Winston F. Ponder, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
December 2012 - Des Beechey, Peter U. Middelfart, Winston F. Ponder & Stephanie Baccarella, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
- Macroschisma producta Adams, A. 1851. A monograph of Macrochisma, a genus of Gasteropodous Mollusca belonging to the family Fissurellidae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1850(18): 202-203 [Date published Feb 1851] [202].
Type data:
Status unknown, Port Lincoln, South Australia.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
Generic Combinations
- Dolchoschisma producta (Adams, 1851). —
Cotton, B.C. 1959. South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia. Adelaide : South Australian Government Printer 449 pp. [78-79, fig. 38]
Distribution
States
South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Wilson (1993) records this species from NSW, but the Australian Museum holds no records from the state. The range of the Australian Museum collection is Port Faiiry VIC (C.2794) around southern Australia and northwards along the WA coast to Broome, WA (C.417155). The record from Newcastle, NSW given by Cotton (1959) is discounted.
IMCRA
Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), 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)
Ecological Descriptors
In crevices, in sand, intertidal, marine, subtidal, under stones.
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. [78-79, fig. 38] (as Dolchoschisma producta)
Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [54, pl. 6, fig. 2]
Common Name 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. [78] (Narrow Slot Limpet)
Wilson, B. 2002. A handbook to Australian seashells on seashores east to west and north to south. Sydney : Reed New Holland 185 pp. [90, pl. 91C] (Elongated Keyhole Limpet)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22-Jan-2015 | FISSURELLOIDEA | 23-Jun-2016 | MODIFIED | Mr Des Beechey (AM) Stephanie Baccarella (AM) Dr Peter Middelfart (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) Dr Winston Ponder (AM) |
| 21-Jul-2014 | MODIFIED |