Species Macroschisma tasmaniae (Sowerby, 1862)
Posterior Keyhole Limpet, Tasmanian 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.
- Fissurella tasmaniae Sowerby, G.B. 1862. Thesaurus Conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. London : Sowerby Vol. 3. [206, pl. 244 (pl. 9), fig. 223].
Type data:
Status unknown, Tasmania. - Macroshisma tasmanica Tenison-Woods, J.E. 1876. Description of new Tasmanian shells. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1875: 131–159 [Date published 21 Mar 1876] [157].
- Macroschisma weldii Tenison-Woods, J.E. 1877. On some new Tasmanian marine shells. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1876: 131–159 [Date published 27 Feb 1877] [157] [replacement name; for Macroschisma tasmanica Tenison-Woods, 1876 (unnecessarily introduced; Sowerby's name was Macroschisma tasmaniae , not Macroschisma tasmanica)].
- Macroschisma weldii rosearadiata Tenison-Woods, J.E. 1877. On some new Tasmanian marine shells. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1876: 131–159 [Date published 27 Feb 1877] [156] [as Macroschisma weldii var. rosearadiata Tenison-Woods, 1877].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
Generic Combinations
- Forolepas tasmaniae (Sowerby, 1862) [new combination]. —
Iredale, T. 1940. Marine molluscs from Lord Howe Island, Norfolk Island, Australia, and New Caledonia. The Australian Zoologist 9(4): 429-443, pl. 32-34 [Date published 9 December 1940] [431]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria
IMCRA
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), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)
Distribution References
Ecological Descriptors
Marine.
General References
Iredale, T. 1924. Results from Roy Bell's molluscan collections. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 49(3): 179–279, pls 33–36 [219-220] (as Foralepas tasmaniae)
Iredale, T. 1940. Marine molluscs from Lord Howe Island, Norfolk Island, Australia, and New Caledonia. The Australian Zoologist 9(4): 429-443, pl. 32-34 [Date published 9 December 1940] [431]
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 [31]
May, W.L. 1921. A Checklist of the Mollusca of Tasmania. Hobart, Tasmania : Government Printer 114 pp. [36, no. 289]
Tate, R. & May, W.L. 1901. A revised census of the marine Mollusca of Tasmania. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 26(3): 344-471 [408]
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. [53] (as Forolepas tasmaniae) (Posterior Keyhole Limpet)
Cotton, B.C. 1959. South Australian Mollusca. Archaeogastropoda. Handbook of the Flora and Fauna of South Australia. Adelaide : South Australian Government Printer 449 pp. [76] (as Foralepas tasmaniae) (Tasmanian Slot Limpet)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22-Jan-2015 | FISSURELLOIDEA | 04-Sep-2014 | MODIFIED | Mr Des Beechey (AM) Stephanie Baccarella (AM) Dr Peter Middelfart (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) Dr Winston Ponder (AM) |
| 17-Aug-2011 | MODIFIED |