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Species Maculotriton serriale (Deshayes, 1834)

Granulated Castor Bean, Granulated Little Drupa

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Indo Pacific, from Red Sea and east Africa to Hawaiian Islands. Known within Australian limits from Barrow Island, Scott Reef off north-west Australia, and eastern Queensland


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IMCRA

Timor Province (2), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5)

Ecological Descriptors

Intertidal, marine, rocks.

 

General References

Beechey, D. 2000. Maculotriton serriale (Deshayes in Laborde & Linant, 1834). http://seashellsofnsw.org.au/Ergalataxinae/Pages/maculotriton_serriale.htm (date accessed 17/10/11)

Cernohorsky, W.O. 1982. The taxonomy of some Indo-Pacific Mollusca. Part 10. Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum 19: 125-147 [130-134, figs 22-30]

Demond, J. 1957. Micronesian reef associated gastropods. Pacific Science 11(3): 275–341, fig. 2, pl. 1 [313] (as Maculotriton digitalis (Reeve, 1844))

Houart, R. 1995. The Ergalataxinae (Gastropoda, Muricidae) from the New Caledonia region with some comments on the subfamily and the description of thirteen new species from the Indo-West Pacific. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris [published 1907-1971] 4 16: 245-297 [263, fig. 87]

Kay, E.A. 1979. Hawaiian marine shells. Reef and shore fauna of Hawaii. Section 4 : Mollusca. Honolulu, Hawaii : Bishop Museum Press Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publication Vol. 64(4) 653 pp. [246] (as Maculotriton bracteatus)

Middelfart, P. 1997. An illustrated checklist of Muricidae (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia) from the Andaman Sea, Thailand. Phuket Marine Biological Center Special Publication 17(2): 349-388 [362-363, pl. 3, fig. 5]

Ponder, W.F. 1972. Notes on some Australian genera and species of the family Muricidae (Neogastropoda). Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia 2(3): 215-248 [226, pl. 23, figs 1-5, text fig. 1: 5-6] (as Maculotriton bracteatus (Hinds, 1844))

Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [23]

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
01-Jun-2021 MURICIDAE 24-Jan-2012 MODIFIED Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ingo Burghardt (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
29-Sep-2011 MODIFIED